Pb contamination and isotopic composition of urban soils in Hong Kong

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 319, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 185-195

  Wong, Coby Sze Chung ^a   Li, Xiang Dong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chemical partitioning of Pb; Hong Kong; Pb contamination; Pb isotope; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CONTAMINATION; GASOLINE; HEALTH; LEAD;

LEADED GASOLINE; URBAN SOILS;

SOILS;

CARBONIC ACID; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GASOLINE; IRON; ISOTOPE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE;

HEAVY METAL; LEAD ISOTOPE; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CITY; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HONG KONG; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 1242316365     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00403-0     Document Type: Article

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