Heavy metal contamination in a school vegetable garden in Johannesburg

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 226-227

  Kootbodien, T ^a   Mathee, A ^a   Naicker, N ^a   Moodley, N ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; LETTER; SCHOOL; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GARDENING; LEAD; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; SCHOOLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

EID: 84859181542     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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