Risk assessment of heavy metal toxicity through contaminated vegetables from waste water irrigated area of Varanasi, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 375-387

  Singh, Anita ^a   Sharma, Rajesh Kumar ^b   Agrawal, Madhoolika ^a   Marshall, Fiona M ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contamination; Daily intake; Health risk; Heavy metal; Target hazard quotient; Waste water

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

EID: 77953952624     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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