Human health risk assessment of heavy metals via consumption of contaminated vegetables collected from different irrigation sources in Lahore, Pakistan

Arabian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-99

  Mahmood, Adeel ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Daily intake of metals; Human health; Lahore; Metal accumulation; Risk assessment; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES; DAILY INTAKE OF METALS; FOOD CHAIN CONTAMINATION; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LAHORE; METAL ACCUMULATION;

COPPER; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLES;

CADMIUM;

EID: 84891372635     PISSN: 18785352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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