Screening of heavy metal pollution in Bulgaria using Populus nigra 'Italica'

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 175-184

  Djingova, R ^a   Wagner, G ^b   Kuleff, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AAS; Biomonitoring; Cluster analysis; Heavy metals; ICP AES; INAA; Populus nigra

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BULGARIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BULGARIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; METALS, HEAVY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TREES; URBAN POPULATION;

BULGARIA;

POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 0032801956     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00257-0     Document Type: Article

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