Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Republic of Macedonia using a plant assay

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-240

  Gjorgieva, Darinka ^c   Kadifkova Panovska, Tatjana ^a   Bačeva, Katerina ^b   Stafilov, Trajče ^b  

^a SS Cyril and Methodius University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Macedonia)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; HERB; LEGUME; METALLURGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SMELTING; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; DANDELION; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MATRICARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBINIA; URTICA DIOICA;

MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE];

ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; MATRICARIA RECUTITA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 79251599290     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-010-9543-0     Document Type: Article

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