Urban gardening: Managing the risks of contaminated soil

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages

  Kessler, Rebecca ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GARDENING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION; CITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GARDENING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904843836     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-A326     Document Type: Article

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