Variations in the fluoride level in precipitation in a region of human impact

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 33-40

  Walna, Barbara ^a   Kurzyca, Iwona ^a   Siepak, Jerzy ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Pozna ; Precipitation; The Wielkopolski National Park; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FLUORIDE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SULFATE; THROUGHFALL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; POZNAN [POLAND]; WIELKOPOLSKIE; WIELKOPOLSKIE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 34247610347     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9108-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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