Risk assessment of heavy metals via consumption of vegetables collected from different supermarkets in La Rochelle, France

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Cherfi, Abdelhamid ^a   Cherfi, Malika ^b   Maache Rezzoug, Zoulikha ^c   Rezzoug, Sid Ahmed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES   (Algeria)

^b Hospital Mohamed Seguir Nekkache   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Consumption survey; Dietary intake; Health risks assessment; Heavy metals; Target hazard quotient (THQ); Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; NICKEL; NUTRITION; RETAIL STORES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

DAILY INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKES; LEAFY VEGETABLES; LIFE-TIMES; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; ROOT VEGETABLES; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS;

COPPER;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; ZINC; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRANCE; FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; LEAF VEGERABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT VEGETABLE; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHARENTE MARITIME; FRANCE; LA ROCHELLE; POITOU-CHARENTES;

COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; FRUIT; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

EID: 84957535059     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5140-7     Document Type: Article

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