Concentrations of arsenic, copper, cobalt, lead and zinc in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) growing on uncontaminated and contaminated soils of the Zambian Copperbelt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue PA2, 2014, Pages 713-723

  Kribek B ^a   Majer, V ^a   Knesl I ^a   Nyambe, I ^b   Mihaljevic M ^c   Ettler, V ^c   Sracek, O ^d  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cassava; Contamination; Copperbelt; Dietary assessment; Metals; Mining

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CASSAVA; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; COPPER; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; ZINC;

COPPERBELT; ZAMBIA;

EUPHORBIACEAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 85027921322     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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