The use of Aleppo pine needles as a bio-monitor of heavy metals in the atmosphere

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 43-46

  Al Alawi, Mu'taz M ^a   Mandiwana, Khakhathi L ^b  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; Bio monitor; Heavy metals; Needles; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAVY METALS; SOILS;

BIO-MONITOR; METAL POLLUTANTS; PINE NEEDLES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAVY METALS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CONIFEROUS TREE; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LEAD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; ZINC;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DESERT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT LEAF;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JORDAN; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

AMMAN; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 34547700775     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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