Variations in plant and soil lead and cadmium content in urban parks in Athens, Greece

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-98

  Chronopoulos, J ^a   Haidouti, C ^a   Chronopoulou Sereli, A ^a   Massas, I ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

cadmium; lead; park vegetation; plant; soil; wind

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DENSITY; GREECE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION; WIND;

CADMIUM; LEAD; PARK; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN SOIL; VEGETATION; WIND;

GREECE, ATHENS;

EID: 0030612907     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05415-0     Document Type: Article

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