Concentrations and bioavailability of potentially toxic elements in soils of an industrialised area of northwestern Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2769-2776

  Petrotou, Alexandra ^a,b   Skordas, Konstantinos ^c   Papastergios, Georgios ^d   Filippidis, Anestis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Thessaly ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Chromium; Guidelines; Nickel; Ptolemais; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; NICKEL; OPHIOLITE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURFACE; TOXIC MATERIAL; WEATHERING;

GREECE; PTOLEMAIS BASIN; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

EID: 78650389628     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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