Health risk assessment of heavy metals in vegetables grown around battery production area
Battery production is one of the main sources of heavy metals that present great harm to human health even in low concentrations. Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb) were measured in edible portions of vegetables and soils around a battery production area in China, and the potential health ris...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Scientia Agricola |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162014000200006&lng=en&tlng=en |