Lead, zinc, and cadmium in vegetable/crops in a zinc smelting region and its potential human toxicity

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 586-590

  Yang, Yuangen ^a   Li, Feili ^a   Bi, Xiangyang ^a   Sun, Li ^a   Liu, Taoze ^a   Jin, Zhisheng ^a   Liu, Congqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Daily dietary intake; Dietary habit; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

DIETARY HABIT; DIETARY INTAKES; DRY WEIGHT; HUMAN TOXICITY; LEAFY VEGETABLES; LOCAL RESIDENTS;

CADMIUM; LEAD; LEAD SMELTING; ZINC;

ZINC SMELTING;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CROP; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METALLURGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

CADMIUM; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEAD; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; LACTUCA;

EID: 80054105856     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0388-7     Document Type: Article

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