Factors influencing the concentration of heavy metals in soils of allotment gardens in the city of Wroclaw, Poland

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1118-1124

  Kabala, Cezary ^a   Chodak, Tadeusz ^a   Szerszen, Leszek ^a   Karczewska, Anna ^a   Szopka, Katarzyna ^a   Fratczak, Urszula ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allotment gardens; Heavy metals; Organic matter; Soil contamination; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIMING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WROCLAW [POLAND];

EID: 70149088185     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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