Risk assessment of heavy-metal contamination on vegetables grown in long-term wastewater irrigated urban farming sites in Accra, Ghana
Assessment was done of heavy-metal contamination and its related health risks in urban vegetable farming in Accra. Samples of irrigation water (n=120), soil (n=144) and five different kinds of vegetable (n=240) were collected and analyzed for copper, zinc, lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel and cobalt....
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34650 |
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