Prediction of cadmium concentration in selected home-produced vegetables

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-190

  Bešter, Petra Karo ^a   Lobnik, Franc ^b   Eržen, Ivan ^b   Kastelec, Damijana ^b   Zupan, Marko ^b  

^a OIKOS Development Consulting Ltd   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Contamination; Regression models; Soil; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BEET; CABBAGE; CARROT; CHICORY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENDIVE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ONION; PH; PLANT INTOXICATION; PLANT METABOLISM; POTATO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; ZUCCHINI;

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; REGRESSION MODELS; SOIL; VEGETABLES;

CADMIUM; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GARDENING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

CELJE; SLOVENIA;

ALLIUM CEPA; ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; DAUCUS CAROTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84881544823     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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