Palladium and platinum concentration in soils from the Napoli metropolitan area, Italy: Possible effects of catalytic exhausts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 308, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 121-131

  Cicchella, D ^a   De Vivo, B ^a   Lima, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalytic exhausts; Environmental pollution; Naples (South Italy); Palladium; Platinum; Public health; Soil

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; GASOLINE; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM;

GEOCHEMICAL MAPS;

SOILS;

ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; MOLYBDENUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; ZINC;

EXHAUST EMISSION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ITALY; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ITALY;

EID: 0038298862     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00632-0     Document Type: Article

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