| Title |
Heavy metals health risk assessment for population via consumption of vegetables grown in old mining area; a case study: Banat County, Romania
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| Published in |
BMC Chemistry, October 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1752-153x-5-64 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Monica Harmanescu, Liana Maria Alda, Despina Maria Bordean, Ioan Gogoasa, Iosif Gergen |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study is to measure the levels of heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cd and Pb) found in common vegetables (parsley, carrot, onion, lettuce, cucumber and green beans) grown in contaminated mining areas compared with those grown in reference clear area and to determine their potential detrimental effects via calculation of the daily metal intake (DImetal) and Target Hazard Quotients (THQ) for normal daily consumption of these vegetables, for male and female gender. |
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|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Nigeria | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 353 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 69 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 53 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 46 | 13% |
| Researcher | 26 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 19 | 5% |
| Other | 53 | 15% |
| Unknown | 95 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Environmental Science | 75 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 60 | 17% |
| Chemistry | 33 | 9% |
| Engineering | 13 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 3% |
| Other | 52 | 14% |
| Unknown | 117 | 32% |