Trace elements in vegetables grown in an industrial area in relation to soil and air particulate matter

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-335

  Voutsa, D ^a   Grimanis, A ^b   Samara, C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air accumulation; Air particulates; Soil; Soil contribution; Trace elements; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREECE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0030512762     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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