Radioactivity and heavy metal levels in hazelnut growing in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2351-2355

  Cevik, U ^a   Celik, N ^a   Celik, A ^b   Damla, N ^a   Coskuncelebi, K ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GIRESUN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eastern Black Sea; Gamma spectroscopy; Hazelnut; Heavy metal

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAZELNUT; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; RADIOACTIVITY; REFERENCE VALUE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CORYLUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TURKEY;

CORYLUS;

EID: 67949103434     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.06.029     Document Type: Article

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