Contamination of vegetables, fruits and soil with geohelmints eggs on organic farms in Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 421-425

  Kłapeć, Teresa ^a   Borecka, Anna ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contamination; Fruits; Parasites eggs; Soil; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BEETROOT; BROCCOLI; CABBAGE; CARROT; CAULIFLOWER; CELERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FENNEL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HELMINTH; LEEK; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; ONION; ORGANIC FARMING; OXALIS; PARSLEY; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; POLAND; POTATO; RHUBARB; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SQUASH; STRAWBERRY; TOXOCARA; TRICHURIS; TURNIP; VEGETABLE; ZUCCHINI;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HELMINTHS; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLAND; SEASONS; SOIL; TOXOCARA; TRICHURIS; VEGETABLES;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM PORRUM; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; ASCARIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; DAUCUS CAROTA; FOENICULUM VULGARE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LACTUCA; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHEUM X HYBRIDUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOXOCARA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84866674463     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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