Lead contamination of roadside soils and plants in the highways between Istanbul and Sakarya, NW Turkey

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 13, Issue 12 B, 2004, Pages 1525-1529

  Öncel, Mehmet Salim ^a   Zedef, Veysel ^b   Mert, Sezer ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lead contamination; Plant; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; LEAD; PLANT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SAKARYA; TURKEY; WORLD;

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13444302650     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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