Health risk assessment of heavy metals via consumption of dietary vegetables using wastewater for irrigation in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Fawad Ali, Muhammad Israr, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Azizullah Azizullah, Hussain Gulab, Muhammad Idrees, Rashid Iqbal, Aishma Khattak, Majid Hussain, Fahad Mohammed Al-Zuaibr

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255853
Published: 2021-08-11
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0255853,
  title = {Health risk assessment of heavy metals via consumption of dietary vegetables using wastewater for irrigation in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan},
  author = {Fawad Ali and Muhammad Israr and Shafiq Ur Rehman and Azizullah Azizullah and Hussain Gulab and Muhammad Idrees and Rashid Iqbal and Aishma Khattak and Majid Hussain and Fahad Mohammed Al-Zuaibr},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0255853},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255853}
}

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AU  - Muhammad Israr
AU  - Shafiq Ur Rehman
AU  - Azizullah Azizullah
AU  - Hussain Gulab
AU  - Muhammad Idrees
AU  - Rashid Iqbal
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AU  - Majid Hussain
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Ali, F., Israr, M., Rehman, S. U., Azizullah, A., Gulab, H., Idrees, M., Iqbal, R., Khattak, A., Hussain, M., & Al-Zuaibr, F. M. (2021). Health risk assessment of heavy metals via consumption of dietary vegetables using wastewater for irrigation in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255853

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