Assessment of airborne heavy metal pollution by aboveground plant parts

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-182

  Rossini Oliva, S ^a   Mingorance, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airborne pollution; Bark; Heavy metals; Leaves; Wood

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE POLLUTION; BIOMONITORS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; COPPER; FERROUS ION; HEAVY METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BARK; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; LEAF; POLLUTION MONITORING; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BARK; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NERIUM; PINE; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION MONITORING; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; NERIUM; PINUS; PLANT BARK; PLANT LEAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WOOD;

BARK; CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METALS; LEAVES; PLANTS; POLLUTION; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 33746901102     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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