Heavy metals in urban soils: A case study from the city of Palermo (Sicily), Italy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 300, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 229-243

  Manta, Daniela Salvagio ^a   Angelone, Massimo ^b   Bellanca, Adriana ^a   Neri, Rodolfo ^a   Sprovieri, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Heavy metals; Soil pollution; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; PARKS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MUTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

GEOSTATISTICS; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ITALY; MINERALOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICILY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ITALY;

EID: 2242451453     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00273-5     Document Type: Article

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