Assessments of lead levels and daily intakes from green leafy vegetables of southwest Nigeria

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-422

  Adekunle, I M ^a   Olorundare, O ^a   Nwange, C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contamination; Environmental health and safety; Food safety; Lead; Nigeria; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349649479     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650910976284     Document Type: Article

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