Fig 1.
Descriptive map of the study area (own drawing).
Table 1.
Physicochemical characteristics of soils samples from Koka area farmlands in Ethiopia.
Table 2.
Heavy metals concentration (mg/kg) in soil samples analyzed.
Table 3.
Heavy metal concentrations (mg/kg, dry weight) in vegetable samples analyzed.
Table 4.
Toxic metals bioconcentration factor (BFC) for cabbage and tomato samples.
Table 5.
The EDI of heavy metals in mg/day/kg body weight from consumption of polluted cabbage and tomato.
Table 6.
THQ and TCR to toxic metals from ingestion of polluted vegetables (tomato and cabbage) originated from Koka Ejersa and Koka Negewo areas.
Fig 2.
Individual metals contribution (%) to the health index (HI) from the ingestion of tomato (a) and cabbage (b).
Fig 3.
Contribution share (%) of individual metals to the sum of individual metals THQ (TDHQ).