A study of heavy metal pollution from motor vehicle emissions and its effect on roadside soil, vegetation and crops in Nigeria

Environmental Pollution. Series B, Chemical and Physical

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 35-42

  Ndiokwere, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AUTOMOBILE ENGINES - EXHAUST GASES; HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

CROP; ECOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHER PLANT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; SOIL; TRAFFIC; VEGETATION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC.;

EID: 0021626909     PISSN: 0143148X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0143-148X(84)90035-1     Document Type: Article

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