Accumulation of lead and cadmium in soil and vegetable crops along major highways in Agra (India)

E-Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1174-1183

  Sharma, Shashank ^a   Prasad, F M ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

AAS; Environmental pollution; Heavy metals; Traffic density

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957372887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09734945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/678589     Document Type: Article

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