Contamination of roadside soil, plants, and air with heavy metals in Jordan, a comparative study

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-220

  Jaradat, Qasem M ^a   Momani, Kamal A ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Air; Heavy metal pollution; Jordan; Plants; Roadside soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033468767     PISSN: 13000527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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