Metal contamination of farming soils affected by industry

Environment International

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Loska, Krzysztof ^a   Wiechulła, Danuta ^b   Korus, Irena ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contamination factor; Degree of contamination; Enrichment factor; Farming soil; Heavy metal contamination; Index of geoaccumulation

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

GEOACCUMULATION INDEX;

SOILS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COAL MINE; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; INDUSTRY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 0347135734     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00157-0     Document Type: Article

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