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Database research record2004·United Kingdom

Assessing potential risk of heavy metal exposure from consumption of home-produced vegetables by urban populations

Hough R., Breward N., Young S., Crout N., Tye A., Moir A., Thornton I.

Environmental Health Perspectives

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The study modeled uptake of cadmium, copper, nickel, lead, and zinc into home-produced vegetables and assessed the heavy-metal exposure risk to urban populations from eating homegrown food.