Toxic Heavy Metal and Metalloid Accumulation in Crop Plants and Foods

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 489-512

  Clemens, Stephan ^a   Ma, Jian Feng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic accumulation; Cadmium accumulation; Food safety; Metal transporters; Natural variation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD GRAIN; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; METABOLISM; ORYZA;

DIET; EDIBLE GRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; ORYZA; POISONING;

EID: 84968831244     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-043015-112301     Document Type: Review

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