Contamination of food crops grown on soils with elevated heavy metals content

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 183-189

  Dziubanek, Grzegorz ^a   Piekut, Agata ^a   Rusin, Monika ^a   Baranowska, Renata ^a   Hajok, Ilona ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exposure; Heavy metals; Risk assessment; Soil; Upper Silesia; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CROP; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

POLAND; SILESIA; UPPER SILESIA;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; POLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84928747969     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.04.032     Document Type: Article

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