Heavy metals concentration in vegetables irrigated with contaminated and fresh water and estimation of their daily intakes in Suburb areas of Hamadan, Iran

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-75

  Seid Mohammadi, Abdolmotaleb ^a   Roshanaei, Ghodratollah ^b   Asgari, Ghorban ^c  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Iran; Vegetable; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER;

ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ADSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; BASIL; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEEK; NONHUMAN; PARSLEY; PLANTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; EATING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; EATING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SUBURBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84898858173     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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