Contamination of roadside soil and grass with heavy metals

Environment International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Olajire, A A ^a   Ayodele, E T ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRASS; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC;

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE; HEAVY METALS; ROADSIDES;

GRASS;

SOILS;

DUST; HEAVY METAL; ROADSIDE SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

NIGERIA, IBADAN;

EID: 0030609408     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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