Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Laurus nobilis leaves as a measure of air pollution in urban and rural sites of Tuscany

Chemosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1703-1712

  Lodovici, Maura ^a   Akpan, Victor ^a   Casalini, Chiara ^a   Zappa, Carolina ^a   Dolara, Piero ^a  

^a Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RESIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; PAH; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CITY; EXHAUST GAS; HEATING; ITALY; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SUMMER; TREE; WINTER;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

LAURUS NOBILIS;

EID: 0032053934     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)10061-3     Document Type: Article

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