Heavy metal accumulation in vegetables grown in a long-term wastewater-irrigated agricultural land of tropical India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6673-6682

  Gupta, N ^a,b   Khan, D K ^b   Santra, S C ^b  

^a Government Degree College Khumulwng Tripura   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Contamination; Daily intake of metal; Heavy metal; Potential health risk; Vegetables; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DAILY INTAKE; HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; ORAL DOSE; POTENTIAL HEALTH; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; LEAD; SEWAGE; ZINC;

VEGETABLES;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOACCUMULATION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CAULIFLOWER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIANDER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARSLEY; PUDINA; RADISH; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPINACH; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIA;

RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84867576018     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2450-7     Document Type: Article

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