Field evaluations on soil plant transfer of lead from an urban garden soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 475-487

  Attanayake, Chammi P ^a,b   Hettiarachchi, Ganga M ^a   Harms, Ashley ^a   Presley, DeAnn ^a   Martin, Sabine ^a   Pierzynski, Gary M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CLEANING; COMPOSTING; FRUITS; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLES;

BIOACCESSIBILITY; CLEANING METHODS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS; LEAD CONCENTRATION; SOIL-PLANT TRANSFER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SOILS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARROT; CLEANING; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GARDEN SOIL; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; OKRA; PLANT LEAF; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PLANT TRANSFER; SWEET PEPPER; SWEET POTATO; SWISS CHARD; TOMATO; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84888411406     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.07.0273     Document Type: Article

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