Are uranium-contaminated soil and irrigation water a risk for human vegetable consumers? A study case with Solanum tuberosum L., Phaseolus vulgaris L. and Lactuca sativa L.

The knowledge of uranium concentration, in the products entering the human diet is of extreme importance because of their chemical hazard to health. Controlled field experiments with potatoes, beans and lettuce (Solanum tuberosum L., Phaseolus vulgaris L. and Lactuca sativa L.) were carried out in a...

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Main Author: Abreu, Maria Manuela (author)
Other Authors: Neves, O. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/1590
Country:Portugal
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