Soil characterization and heavy metal pollution assessment in Orabi farms, El Obour, Egypt
Abstract Background Soil pollution negatively impacts on food safety and human health. The main aim of this work is to determine the As, Cd, Cr, Cu, and Pb concentrations in Orabi farms, El Obour city, Egypt. The contamination of soil with these metals was assessed by contamination factors (CF), deg...
Main Authors: | Salman A. Salman, Salah A. M. Zeid, El-Montser M. Seleem, Mahmoud A. Abdel-Hafiz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-03-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the National Research Centre |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42269-019-0082-1 |
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