Cadmium and lead in vegetable and fruit produce selected from specific regional areas of the UK

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 533, Issue , 2015, Pages 520-527

  Norton, Gareth J ^a   Deacon, Claire M ^a   Mestrot, Adrien ^b   Feldmann, Joerg ^a   Jenkins, Paul ^c   Baskaran, Christina ^c   Meharg, Andrew A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Fruits; Lead; Maximum levels; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FRUITS; HEALTH RISKS; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; VEGETABLES;

CADMIUM AND LEADS; FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; LEAD CONCENTRATION; MARKET BASKET STUDY; MAXIMUM LEVELS; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUROPEAN UNION; FRUIT; LEAD; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; CABBAGE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRUIT; LEGUME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE FLOUR; SQUASH; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ABERDEENSHIRE; CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; DEVON; ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84937064729     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.130     Document Type: Article

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