Element-enrichment factors in Parmotrema bangii and Cryptomeria japonica of Portuguese islands of the central North Atlantic

International Journal of Environment and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 120-136

  Canha, Nuno ^a   Do Carmo Freitas, Maria ^a   Almeida, S Marta ^a   Pacheco, Adriano M G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atlantic islands; Elemental mapping; Enrichment factors; INAA; Instrumental neutron activation analysis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; PARMOTREMA;

EID: 77954292777     PISSN: 17434955     EISSN: 17434963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2010.033703     Document Type: Article

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