Lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soil from day care centres in the city of Bergen, Norway

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-272

  Haugland, Toril ^a   Ottesen, Rolf Tore ^a   Volden, Tore ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Day care centres; Lead; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS EMISSIONS; LEAD; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

DAY CARE CENTRES; NATURAL SOURCES; UNCONTROLLED TRANSPORTATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

LEAD; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; LEAD; PAH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; DAY CARE; NORWAY; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL;

CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; LEAD; NORWAY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SUBURBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

BERGEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HORDALAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 41949110419     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.08.028     Document Type: Article

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