Risk from winter vegetables and pulses produced in arsenic endemic areas of Nadia district: Field study comparison with market basket survey

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 909-914

  Biswas, Anirban ^a,b   Biswas, Saroni ^a   Santra, Subhas Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b DNGM Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Soil; Vegetables; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; FIELD STUDIES; FOOD CHAIN; MARKET BASKET; VEGETABLE SAMPLES;

SOILS; SURVEYS; VEGETABLES; WATER;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84861951808     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0569-z     Document Type: Review

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