Essential and toxic metals in tea (Camellia sinensis) imported and produced in Ethiopia

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-36

  Ashenef, Ayenew ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Ethiopia; Flame Atomic Absorption Emission Spectrometer (FAAS); graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer (GFAAS); metals; tea

Indexed keywords

METAL; TEA;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; TEA; TOXICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TEA;

EID: 84894318038     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2013.831951     Document Type: Article

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