Heavy metal contamination of topsoils around a lead and zinc smelter in the Republic of Macedonia

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 896-914

  Stafilov, Trajče ^a   Šajn, Robert ^b   Pančevski, Zlatko ^a   Boev, Blažo ^c   Frontasyeva, Marina V ^d   Strelkova, Lyudmila P ^d  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^c Goce Delchev University   (Macedonia)

^d JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Pollution; Republic of Macedonia; Soil; Veles

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HEAVY METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; ZINC SMELTING;

EPITHERMAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION; GIS TECHNOLOGY; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; VELES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; INDIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GIS; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); METAL INDUSTRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SMELTER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARD; SURFACE SOIL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE]; VELES;

EID: 72149117659     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.10.094     Document Type: Article

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