Heavy metals in agricultural soils and crops and their health risks in Swat District, northern Pakistan

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 449-458

  Khan, Kifayatullah ^a,b   Lu, Yonglong ^b   Khan, Hizbullah ^a   Ishtiaq, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Sardar ^a   Waqas, Muhammad ^a   Wei, Luo ^b   Wang, Tieyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural crops; Daily intake; Health risk; Heavy metals; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE;

AAS; ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD; AGRICULTURAL CROPS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVA; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; AVERAGE DAILY INTAKE OF METALS; BDL; BELOW DETECTION LIMITS; CA; CADMIUM; CAS; CD; CENTRALIZED RESOURCE LABORATORY; CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPPER; CR; CRL; CU; DAILY INTAKE; DIM; FAO; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GIS; H(2)SO(4); HCLO(4); HEALTH RISK; HEALTH RISK INDEX; HEAVY METALS; HM; HNO(3); HRI; MANGANESE; METAL TRANSFER FACTOR; MN; MTF; NI; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; PAKISTAN; PERCHLORIC ACID; RBCS; RED BLOOD CELLS; REFERENCE DOSE; RFD; SEPA; SPSS; SRMS; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS; STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION CHINA; STATISTICAL PACKAGE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; SULFURIC ACID; TWAS; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; USEPA; WDM; WET DIGESTION METHOD; WHO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC; ZN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PAKISTAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1;

EID: 84879297128     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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