Towards an understanding of the effect of road pollution on adjacent food crops: Zea mays as an example

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 576-592

  Kalavrouziotis, Ioannis K ^a   Carter, Joy ^b   Varnavas, Soterios P ^c   Mehra, Aradhana ^d   Drakatos, Panagiotis A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Mechanical Engineering   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Road pollution; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FOOD PRODUCTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ROAD POLLUTION; SUBSURFACE SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

CROPS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; HEAVY METAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAIZE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

BUILDING MATERIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREECE; MAIZE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548835743     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2007.014830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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