Assessment of toxicological health risk of trace metals in vegetables mostly consumed in Punjab, Pakistan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1-5

  Khan, Zafar Iqbal ^a   Ahmad, Kafeel ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^b,c   Shoaib, Nadia ^a   Parveen, Rukhsana ^a   Bibi, Zahara ^a   Mustafa, Irfan ^a   Noorka, Ijaz Rasool ^a   Tahir, Hafiz Muhammad ^a   Akram, Nudrat Aisha ^d   Ullah, Muhammad Fahad ^a   Yaqoob, Rabia ^a   Tufarelli, Vincenzo ^e   Fracchiolla, Mariano ^e   Cazzato, Eugenio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration; Brassica campestris; Spinacia oleracea; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HISTOLOGY; MANGANESE; METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE; VEGETABLES;

BIO-CONCENTRATION FACTORS; BIOCONCENTRATION; BRASSICA; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TRACE METAL; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; HARVESTING; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEMIARID REGION; STEM; TOXICOLOGY; TRACE METAL; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA RAPA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84959152996     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5392-0     Document Type: Article

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