Platinum, palladium, and rhodium deposition to the Prunus laurus cerasus leaf surface as an indicator of the vehicular traffic pollution in the city of Varese area

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 665-673

  Fumagalli, Alessandro ^a   Faggion, Bruno ^a   Ronchini, Matteo ^a   Terzaghi, Giorgio ^a   Lanfranchi, Marco ^a   Chirico, Nicola ^a   Cherchi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption; Automobile catalysts; Foliage uptake; GFAA; Metal pollution; Palladium; PGE; Platinum; Platinum group elements; Prunus laurus cerasus; Rhodium; Road dust; Traffic pollution; Varese

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RAIN; RHODIUM;

CATALYST; COMBUSTION; ENGINE; FOLIAGE; INNER CITY AREA; LEAF; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SHRUB; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAF; PRUNUS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; METALS, HEAVY; PALLADIUM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAVES; PLATINUM; PRUNUS; RAIN; RHODIUM; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; VARESE;

LAURUS; PRUNUS;

EID: 77949291758     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0166-9     Document Type: Article

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