Lead and Cadmium Contamination of Different Roadside Soils and Plants in Peshawar City, Pakistan

Pedosphere

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-357

  Khan, S ^a   Khan, M A ^a   Rehman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Heavy metals; Metal accumulation index; Traffic density

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; LEAD; PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; ROAD; SOIL POLLUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA; PAKISTAN; PESHAWAR;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FICUS ELASTICA;

EID: 79955377865     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(11)60135-5     Document Type: Article

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