Fluoride accumulation by vegetation in the vicinity of a phosphate fertilizer plant in Tunisia

Fluoride

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-75

  Mezghani, Imed ^a,b   Elloumi, Nada ^a,c   Abdallah, Ferjani Ben ^a,c   Chaieb, Mohamed ^a,d   Boukhris, Makki ^a,c  

^a Science Faculty of Sfax ^*

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c Plant Biology Laboratory   (Tunisia)

^d Plant Biology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne fluoride; Almond tree; Apricot tree; Environmental pollution; Fig tree; Olive tree; Phosphate fertilizer plant; Rosebush; Vegetation fluoride

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER;

APRICOT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION; TILLAGE; TOXICITY; TUNISIA; VEGETATION;

EID: 16444386700     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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