title: Metal contamination in market based vegetables in an industrial region, India.
abstract: Concentrations of metals were determined in market vegetables in Ghaziabad industrial region. The average concentrations of metals (mg/kg dry wt.) in vegetables ranged from 0.57 to 9.77, 0.72 to 22.17, 2.76 to 46.63, 2.53 to 5.53, 28.87 to 65.94, 6.77 to 74.1, 8.43 to 161.1, 23.46 to 36.55 and 4.74 to 24.18 for Cu, Cr, Pb, Cd, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ni and Co, respectively. Pb, Cd and Ni were above the recommended limit in all the examined vegetables.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India. mayuri_chabukdhara@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Mayuri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chabukdhara
authors.forename: Arvind K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Nema
authors.forename: Sanjay K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D012989:Soil Pollutants