Heavy metal contamination of paddy soils and rice (Oryza sativa L.) from Kočani Field (Macedonia)

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-451

  Rogan, Nastja ^a   Serafimovski, Todor ^b   Dolenec, Matej ^a   Tasev, Goran ^b   Dolenec, Tadej ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Faculty of Mining and Geology   (Macedonia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Heavy metals; Ko ani Field; Macedonia; Mining activities; Paddy soil; Rice(Oryza sativa L.)

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MINING; PADDY FIELD; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); RICE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); METALS, HEAVY; ORYZA SATIVA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KOCANI; MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 67650261009     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9197-2     Document Type: Article

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