Evaluation of arsenic levels in grain crops samples, irrigated by tube well and canal water

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 265-270

  Baig, Jameel A ^a   Kazi, Tasneem G ^a   Shah, Abdul Q ^a   Afridi, Hassan I ^a   Kandhro, Ghulam A ^a   Khan, Sumaira ^a   Kolachi, Nida F ^a   Wadhwa, Sham K ^a   Shah, Faheem ^a   Arain, Mohammad B ^a   Jamali, Muhammad Khan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Grain crops; Soil; Translocation; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; EDETIC ACID; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; CROPLAND; GRAIN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLANT GROWTH; SORGHUM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ARSENIC; CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650258625     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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