Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract Background Wastewater irrigation for vegetable production is a highly prevalent practice in Addis Ababa and a number of articles have been published on wastewater-irrigated soils and vegetables contaminated with heavy metals. However, to the best of our knowledge, an insight into assessment...
Main Authors: | Desta Woldetsadik, Pay Drechsel, Bernard Keraita, Fisseha Itanna, Heluf Gebrekidan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-05-01
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Series: | International Journal of Food Contamination |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40550-017-0053-y |
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