Atmospheric lead pollution from vehicular emissions - Measurements in plants, soil and milk samples

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-19

  Singh, N ^a   Pandey, V ^a   Misra, J ^a   Yunus, M ^a   Ahmad, K J ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CATTLE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHWAY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; RICE; SOIL; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; EXHAUST GASES; LEAD; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC LEAD POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LEAD; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LEAD DEPOSITION; ROADSIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, LUCKNOW;

EID: 0030613487     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005700629967     Document Type: Article

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