Metals in soils of children's urban environments in the small northern European city of Uppsala

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 749-759

  Ljung, Karin ^a   Selinus, Olle ^b   Otabbong, Erasmus ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Land use; Metals; Urban soil

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BLOOD; HEALTH CARE; METAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

CHILDREN; METAL CONTENTS; PLAYGROUNDS; URBAN SOIL;

SOILS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; TUNGSTEN; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHILD HEALTH; LAND USE; METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; AGE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CITY; CLAY; IMMOBILIZATION; LAND USE; POLLUTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA;

ARSENIC; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

EID: 33745835470     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.073     Document Type: Article

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