Determination of airborne lead contamination in Cichorium intybus L. in an urban environment

Turkish Journal of Botany

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-324

  Yakupoǧlu, Dilmaç ^a   Güray, Tülin ^a   Yurtsever Sarica, Deniz ^b   Kaya, Zeki ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cichorium intybus; Edible wild plants; Lead exposure; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; LEAD; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 53249124864     PISSN: 1300008X     EISSN: 13036106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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