Heavy metals in vegetables and the health risk to population in Zhejiang, China

Food Control

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 248-252

  Huang, Zhu ^a   Pan, Xiao Dong ^b   Wu, Ping Gu ^b   Han, Jian Long ^b   Chen, Qing ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Exposure; Health risk; Heavy metal; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884305708     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.08.036     Document Type: Article

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