Potential Health Risk of Nitrate Accumulation in Vegetables Grown in Pol-e Dokhtar County
Subject Areas : Journal of Chemical Health Risks
Mahboobeh Jalali
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Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
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Zahra Amini Farsani
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Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, School of science, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
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Mohammad Hadi Ghaffarian Mogharab
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Assistant Professor, Soil and Water Research Department, Zanjan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, AREEO, Zanjan, Iran
)
Mohammad Feyzian
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Associate professor, Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
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