Fate of heavy metal contaminants in road dusts and gully sediments in Guangzhou, SE China: A chemical and mineralogical assessment

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 374-389

  Duzgoren Aydin, N S ^a   Wong, C S C ^a   Song, Z G ^b   Aydin, A ^a   Li, X D ^c   You, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cu; Environmental quality; Pb; Road dust; Urban environment; Zn

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645099894     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030500538005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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