Pine (Pinus Eldarica Medw.) needles as indicator for heavy metals pollution

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-84

  Kord, B ^a   Mataji, A ^b   Babaie, S ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Biomonitor; Heavy metals; Pine tree

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMONITORING; CONIFEROUS TREE; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SAMPLING;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

PINUS ELDARICA;

EID: 73249126617     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03326119     Document Type: Article

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