Metal contamination of vegetables grown on soils irrigated with untreated municipal effluent

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-209

  Mahmood Ul Hassan, M ^a   Suthor, V ^a   Rafique, E ^a   Ahmad, R ^a   Yasin, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Metals; Municipal industrial effluent; Soils; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; HYDERABAD; METAL CONTAMINATION; MUNICIPAL EFFLUENTS; NICKEL CONCENTRATIONS; PAKISTAN; SIALKOT; SOIL SAMPLE;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; METALS; SOILS; VEGETABLES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84856552495     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0432-7     Document Type: Article

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