Lead content in multifloral honey from central Croatia over a three-year period

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 985-989

  Bilandžić, Nina ^a   Sedak, Marija ^a   Dokić, Maja ^a   Kolanović, Božica Solomun ^a   Varenina, Ivana ^a   Božić, Durdica ^a   Šimić, Branimir ^b   Končurat, Ana ^c   Brstilo, Mate ^a  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Veterinary Institute Kri evci   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Lead; Multifloral honey; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CROATIA; ELEMENT LEVEL; GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LEAD CONTENT; MULTIFLORAL HONEY; NEAR ZONE; NO CONCENTRATION;

LEAD; POLLUTION;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONEY; POLLUTANT;

CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HONEY; LEAD;

EID: 84861932532     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0585-z     Document Type: Article

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