Levels of PAHs in soil and vegetation samples from Tarragona County, Spain

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Nadal, M ^a   Schuhmacher, M ^a   Domingo, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene equivalents; Chard; PAHS; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Soil; Tarragona County (Spain)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICALS; POLLUTION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ANTHRACENE; RESIDENTIAL SITES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CARCINOGEN; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; PAH; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SAMPLE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; VEGETATION;

ACENAPHTHENES; ANTHRACENES; BETA VULGARIS; CARCINOGENS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

BETA VULGARIS CICLA;

EID: 3242761322     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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