Orchards for edible cities: Cadmium and lead content in nuts, berries, pome and stone fruits harvested within the inner city neighbourhoods in Berlin, Germany

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 233-239

  von Hoffen, Laura Pauline ^a   Säumel, Ina ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Fruit trees; Trace metals; Traffic burden; Urban horticulture

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; CADMIUM; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HORTICULTURE; INNER CITY AREA; LEAD; ORCHARD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE METAL; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; BERRY; BLACKBERRY; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYLUS AVELLANA; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; GINKGO BILOBA; HARVEST; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; MALUS DOMESTICA; NEIGHBORHOOD; NONHUMAN; NUT; ORCHARD; PLUM; POMEGRANATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SHRUB; STONE FRUIT; TRAFFIC; TREE; VEGETATION;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

AGROFORESTRY; FRUIT TREES; TRACE METALS; TRAFFIC BURDEN; URBAN HORTICULTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BERLIN; CADMIUM; CITIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; GARDENING; HUMANS; LEAD; NUTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84893202445     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.11.023     Document Type: Article

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