Mercury in edible mushrooms and underlying soil: Bioconcentration factors and toxicological risk

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5328-5334

  Melgar, M J ^a   Alonso, J ^a   Garcia M A ^a  

^a Universidade de Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factors; Edible mushrooms; Mercury; Soil; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS; ANODIC STRIPPING; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTORS; CERTAIN FACTOR; DRY WEIGHT; EDIBLE MUSHROOM; EDIBLE MUSHROOMS; FRUITING BODIES; MACROSPORUS; MEAN MERCURY CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; MERCURY CONTENT; MERCURY LEVELS; NW SPAIN; POLLUTED AREA; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TOTAL MERCURIES; TOXIC HEAVY METALS; VOLTAMMETRIC TECHNIQUES; WORKING ELECTRODE;

FUNGI; MERCURY (METAL); SOILS; STRIPPING (DYES); VOLTAMMETRY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; EDIBLE SPECIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; FRUITING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSHROOM; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; TOXICOLOGY;

AGARICUS; AGARICUS MACROSPORUS; AGROCYBE CYLINDRICA; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BOLETUS AUREUS; BOLETUS PINOPHILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDIBLE MUSHROOM; FISTULINA HEPATICA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUITING BODY; LEPISTA NUDA; MUSHROOM; MUSHROOM POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGARICALES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; LUGO [GALICIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AGARICUS MACROSPORUS; AGROCYBE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BOLETUS AEREUS; BOLETUS PINOPHILUS; FISTULINA HEPATICA; LEPISTA NUDA;

EID: 68149163555     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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