Bags with oven-dried moss for the active monitoring of airborne trace elements in urban areas

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2798-2805

  Giordano, S ^a   Adamo, P ^a   Monaci, F ^b   Pittao, E ^c   Tretiach, M ^c   Bargagli, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

6 week exposure; Active biomonitoring; Airborne trace elements; Moss and lichen bags; Naples urban environment; Oven dried moss

Indexed keywords

6-WEEK EXPOSURE; ACTIVE BIOMONITORING; AIRBORNE TRACE ELEMENTS; MOSS AND LICHEN BAGS; NAPLES URBAN ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; MERCURY (METAL); OVENS; STOVES; TRACE ANALYSIS; WASHING;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOMONITORING; LICHEN; MOSS; SPRING (SEASON); TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGAE, LICHENS, MOSSES AND FERNS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPHYTA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 68049088891     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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