Airborne trace element pollution in 11 European cities assessed by exposure of standardised ryegrass cultures

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 329-339

  Klumpp, Andreas ^a   Ansel, Wolfgang ^a   Klumpp, Gabriele ^a   Breuer, Jörn ^a   Vergne, Philippe ^b   Sanz, María José ^c   Rasmussen, Stine ^d   Ro Poulsen, Helge ^d   Ribas Artola, Àngela ^e   Peñuelas, Josep ^e   He, Shang ^f   Garrec, Jean Pierre ^f   Calatayud, Vicent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Air quality; Biomonitoring; Lolium multiflorum; Particulate matter; Trace elements; Urban ambient air

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ANIMAL FEEDS; BIOMONITORING; DUST DEPOSITIONS; EMISSION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS; EUROPEANS; IN PLANTS; ITALIAN RYEGRASSES; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; MONITORING NETWORKS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION LOADS; RURAL SITES; SPANISHS; TOXIC COMPOUNDS; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; UNEVEN DISTRIBUTIONS; URBAN AMBIENT AIR;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; GRASS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 57949090707     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.040     Document Type: Article

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