Lead accumulation in surface soils and components of Balenites aegyptica specie in a Katsina Urban Area, Nigeria

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-20

  Mashi, S A ^a,d   Yaro, S A ^b   Galadanci, K M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

^b Natl Metallurgical Development Cent   (Nigeria)

^c Hassan Usman Katsina Polytech K ^*  (Nigeria)

^d Univ's Ctr Distance Lrng Cont E   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Balenites aegyptica; Health hazard; Katsina; Lead; Pollution; Soil

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BALENITES AEGYPTICA; BARK; CANOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUIT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRECIPITATION; SAMPLE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRAFFIC; TREE; URBAN AREA;

BALANITES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; GASOLINE; LEAD; NIGERIA; PLANT BARK; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 17144369927     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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