Trace element and ΣDDT concentrations in horticultural soils from the Tasman, Waikato and Auckland regions of New Zealand

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 355, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 31-47

  Gaw, S K ^a,b   Wilkins, A L ^a   Kim, N D ^c   Palmer, G T ^a   Robinson, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

^c Environment Waikato   (New Zealand)

^d Hill Laboratories   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Copper; DDT; Lead; Mercury; New Zealand (NZ); Orchard soils; Tin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICALS; DEGRADATION; IMPURITIES; ZINC;

DDT LEVELS; HORTICULTURE;

SOILS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DDT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; GRAZING; HORTICULTURE; ISOMER; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; NEW ZEALAND; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOBACCO;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN; WAIKATO;

EID: 31344465454     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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