Heavy metals contamination of vegetable foodstuffs in Jaipur (India)

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-101

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Sharma, I K ^a   Sharma, Alka ^a   Varshney, Sarita ^a   Verma, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectroscopy; Jaipur; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ABELMOSCHUS; ALLIUM CEPA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; LACTUCA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; LUFFA; LUFFA ACUTANGULA; MENTHA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PEPO; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SESAMUM INDICUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TRICHOSANTHES; TRICHOSANTHES DIOICA;

EID: 74649086536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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