Heavy Metal Content in Chinese Vegetable Plantation Land Soils and Related Source Analysis

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1115-1126

  ZENG, Xi bai ^a   LI, Lian fang ^a   MEI, Xu rong ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

China; content; heavy metal; reason; vegetable land

Indexed keywords

EID: 52149086374     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(08)60154-6     Document Type: Article

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