Biomonitoring of airborne mercury with perennial ryegrass cultures

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 458-462

  De Temmerman, Ludwig ^a   Claeys, Natacha ^a   Roekens, Edward ^a   Guns, Marc ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Mercury; Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.); Total gaseous mercury (TGM)

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL DETECTION LIMIT (BDL); BIOMONITORING; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS (LOLIUM PERENNE L.); TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURY (TGM);

MERCURY (METAL);

ALKALI; CHLORINE; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOLIUM; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MERCURY; TIME FACTORS;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 33847207187     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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