Trace metal concentration in roadside surface soil and tree back: A measurement of local atmospheric pollution in Abuja, Nigeria

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-242

  Kakulu, Samuel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Air pollution (Nigeria); Surface soil; Trace metal; Tree bark

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; SOILS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

TRACE METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRACE METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BARK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE SOIL; TRAFFIC; TREE; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; NIGERIA; PLANT BARK; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0242301093     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026149914428     Document Type: Article

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