Health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements via consumption of vegetables irrigated with polluted river water in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract Background Vegetables grown at contaminated sites can take up and accumulate toxic and potentially toxic elements at concentrations that are toxic to human health. The present study determined the levels of potentially toxic elements/PTEs in irrigation water, soil and vegetable samples grow...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Environmental Systems Research |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40068-019-0157-x |