Potential of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) as a bioindicator of manganese arising from the use of methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl in unleaded gasoline

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 239, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 165-171

  Normandin, L ^a   Kennedy, G ^b   Zayed, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Dandelion; Manganese; Metal contamination; MMT; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GASOLINE; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; MANGANESE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0032825553     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00292-2     Document Type: Article

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