Heavy metal contamination in water, soil, and vegetables of the industrial areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 347-357

  Ahmad, Jasim Uddin ^a   Goni, Md Abdul ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Plant uptake; Trace elements; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

ARABLE SOILS; BANGLADESH; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRRIGATION WATERS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTENT; METAL LEVELS; PLANT UPTAKE; SIMILAR PATTERN; TRANSLOCATION PATTERN; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION;

CADMIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY WATER; IRRIGATION; LEAD; METALS; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VEGETABLES; WASTEWATER; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

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

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRRIGATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSLOCATION; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BANGLADESH; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RADISH; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BANGLADESH; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 77954144231     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1006-6     Document Type: Article

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