Toxicity assessment of garden soils in the vicinity of mining areas in Southern Morocco

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 755-761

  El Hamiani, Ouafae ^a   Khalil, Hicham El ^a   Lounate, Khalifa ^a   Sirguey, Catherine ^b   Hafidi, Mohamed ^a   Bitton, Gabriel ^c   Schwartz, Christophe ^b   Boularbah, Ali ^a  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Garden soils; Heavy metals; Metal phytoavailability; MetPLATE; Tailings

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; HEAVY METALS; SOIL MOISTURE; TAILINGS; TOXICITY;

BIOAVAILABLE FRACTION; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; GARDEN SOILS; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METPLATE; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BORON; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GARDEN; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GARDEN SOIL; LETTUCE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; METAL EXTRACTION; MINING; MOROCCO; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; SOIL; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

LACTUCA SATIVA; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 77949567275     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.12.096     Document Type: Article

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