Consumption of unsafe food in the adjacent area of Hazaribag tannery campus and Buriganga River embankments of Bangladesh: heavy metal contamination

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7233-7244

  Islam, G M Rabiul ^a   Khan, Faysal Elahi ^a   Hoque, Md Mozammel ^a   Jolly, Yeasmin Nahar ^b  

^a SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Contamination; Daily intake; Heavy metals; Risk assessment; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER;

BANGLADESH; BURIGANGA RIVERS; DAILY INTAKE; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION;

CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; WATER; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MEAT; RICE; RIVER; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BANGLADESH; BURIGANGA RIVER; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)]; HAZARIBAGH [DHAKA];

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; ORYZA SATIVA; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TANNING; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84910015183     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3923-2     Document Type: Article

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