Assessment of the vegetation risk by fluoride emissions from fertiliser industries at Cubatao, Brazil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-228

  Klumpp, Andreas ^a,c   Domingos, Marisa ^b   Klumpp, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

airborne fluoride; Atlantic Rain Forest; bioindicator plants; fertiliser industries; Gladiolus hybrids; Lolium multiflorum

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOINDICATOR; FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE;

BRAZIL, SAO PAULO STATE, CUBATAO;

GLADIOLUS; IRIDACEAE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0030429456     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05298-9     Document Type: Article

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