Validation and application of plants as biomonitors of trace element atmospheric pollution - A Co-Ordinated effort in 14 countries

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Smodiš, Borut ^a,p   Pignata, M L ^b   Saiki, Mitiko ^c   Cortes E ^d   Bangfa, N ^e   Markert, B ^f   Nyarko, B ^g   Arunachalam, J ^h   Garty, J ⁱ   Vutchkov, Mitko ^j   Wolterbeek, H Th ^k   Steinnes, Eiliv ^l   Freitas, M C ^m   Lucaciu, A ⁿ   Frontasyeva, Marina ^o  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^d Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission   (Chile)

^e CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

^f International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^h BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

ⁱ TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^k DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^l NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^m INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

ⁿ HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^o JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^p JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

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Author keywords

Bioindicator; Biomonitoring; International Atomic Energy Agency; Plants; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; CHILE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GERMANY; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISRAEL; JAMAICA; LABORATORY TEST; LICHENS; LOWER PLANT; MOSS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PERFORMANCE; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 20144368783     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-004-1210-2     Document Type: Review

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