Distribution of copper, cadmium, and lead in soils from former industrialized urban areas of Beijing, China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 378-383

  Luo, Wei ^a   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Tong, Xiaojuan ^b   Wang, Bin ^a   Wang, Guang ^a   Shi, Yajuan ^a   Wang, Tieyu ^a   Naile, Jonathan ^c   Giesy, John P ^c,d,e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Industrialized urban areas; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

BEIJING , CHINAS; IN CONCENTRATIONS; INDUSTRIAL SITES; INDUSTRIALIZED URBAN AREAS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; REGIONAL BACKGROUNDS; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL PROFILES; SURFACE SOILS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; POLLUTION; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHINA; COPPER; LEAD; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 58249124774     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9627-y     Document Type: Article

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