Assessment of metals in fourteen species of vegetables and crops cultivated in a suburban area using multivariate analyses

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 694-712

  Pourang, Nima ^a,b   Noori, Azam S ^c  

^a Agricultural Research   (Iran)

^b Iranian Fisheries Research Organization   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

crops; metals; multivariate; standards; vegetables

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATIVE HIERARCHICAL; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ALL METAL; CR CONCENTRATION; DENDROGRAMS; GRID CELLS; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; MAIN GROUP; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE; OIL REFINERIES; PLANT SPECIES; STUDY AREAS; SUBURBAN AREAS;

CADMIUM; CROPS; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; CULTIVATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HERB; LEAD; MONOCOTYLEDON; OIL INDUSTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFINING INDUSTRY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); SUBURBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; ZINC;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

ALLIUM CEPA; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; MENTHA; OCIMUM; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM;

EID: 84859747004     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.672574     Document Type: Article

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