Assessment of heavy metals in the particulate matter of two Brazilian metropolitan areas by using Tillandsia usneoides as atmospheric biomonitor

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 416-427

  Vianna, Nelzair A ^a   Gonçalves, Daniel ^b   Brandão, Flavia ^b   de Barros, Roberta P ^b   Filho, Gilberto M Amado ^c   Meire, Rodrigo O ^b   Torres, João Paulo M ^b   Malm, Olaf ^b   Júnior, Argemiro D'Oliveira ^a   Andrade, Leonardo R ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air particulate matter; Atmospheric pollution; Biomonitoring; Electron microscopy; Heavy metals; Tillandsia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MOSS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; RIO DE JANEIRO [RIO DE JANEIRO (STT)]; SALVADOR;

BROMELIACEAE; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES;

EID: 79951769866     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0387-y     Document Type: Article

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