Biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution with heavy metals in the copper mine vicinity located near Radovis, Republic of Macedonia

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1504-1518

  Balabanova, Biljana ^a   Stafilov, Trajče ^b   Bačeva, Katerina ^b   Šajn, Robert ^c  

^a Goce Delcev University in Stip   (Macedonia)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; biomonitoring; Bucim; copper mine; heavy metals; Macedonia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOMONITORING; COPPER MINING; ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; ICP-AES; MACEDONIA; MEDIAN VALUE; MOSS SAMPLES; NON-PARAMETRIC; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AIR QUALITY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; AVIATION; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER MINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; POLLUTION; SODIUM; ZINC;

STRONTIUM;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); METAL EXTRACTION; MOSS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; SAMPLE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPSIDA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

BRYOPHYTA; PLEUROZIUM;

EID: 77955588489     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2010.506097     Document Type: Article

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