Heavy metal content of black teas consumed in Iran

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-126

  Falahi, Ebrahim ^a   Hedaiati, Roshanak ^a  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

contamination; heavy metals; minerals; tea

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HEAVY METALS CONTENT; LIMITED DATA; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; TEA;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BEVERAGES; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MINERALS; ZINC;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON INTAKE; LEAD; MERCURY; POLLUTANT; TEA; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANALYSIS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; IRAN; IRON INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTANT; TEA;

CADMIUM; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INSPECTION; HUMANS; IRAN; IRON, DIETARY; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT LEAVES; TEA; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84879177231     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2013.764550     Document Type: Article

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