Elevated levels of lead and other metals in roadside soil and grass and their use to monitor aerial metal depositions in Hong Kong

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 37-51

  Ho, Y B ^a   Tai, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS - CONTAMINATION; METALS AND ALLOYS - MONITORING;

AERIAL METAL DEPOSITIONS; HONG KONG; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; VEHICULAR EXHAUSTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SOIL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VEGETATION;

EID: 0023822739     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(88)90012-7     Document Type: Article

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