Assessment of atmospheric metallic pollution in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil, employing Tillandsia usneoides L. as biomonitor

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 279-292

  Figueiredo, A M G ^a   Nogueira, C A ^a   Saiki, M ^a   Milian, F M ^b   Domingos, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomonitors; Metal atmospheric pollution; Neutron activation analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORS; EPIPHYTIC BROMELIAD PLANTS; METAL ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES L.;

BARIUM; BIODIVERSITY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION;

BARIUM; COBALT; IRON; METAL; RUBIDIUM; ZINC;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; TILLANDSIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BARIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CITIES; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; IRON; METALS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBIDIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TILLANDSIA; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; ZINC;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES;

EID: 33750203806     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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