Heavy metal(oid)s concentration in Tehran supermarket vegetables: carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risk assessment*Footnote

*This article was a part of a funded MSc thesis of Soheila Madihi-Bidgoli, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).

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