Concentration levels of metals in vegetables grown in soils irrigated with river water in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-63

  Weldegebriel, Yirgaalem ^a   Chandravanshi, Bhagwan Singh ^b   Wondimu, Taddese ^b,c  

^a Ezana Mining Development PLC   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effluent; Ethiopia; Metal uptake; Solid waste; Trace metals; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE; RIVER WATER; ZINC;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CHELATING AGENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; KETONE; PH; RIVER WATER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOLID WASTE; TRACE METAL; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CATION EXCHANGE; CONSUMER; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ADDIS ABABA; ETHIOPIA;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; METALS; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84857983146     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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