Metal levels in an epiphytic lichen as indicators of air quality in a suburb of Helsinki, Finland

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-452

  Lodenius, Martin ^a   Kiiskinen, Jenni ^a   Tulisalo, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOGYMNIA PHYSODES;

EID: 77955375876     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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