Assessment of atmospheric metal pollution in the urban area of Mexico City, using ficus benjamina as biomonitor

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 495-500

  Guzmán Morales, Janin ^a   Morton Bermea, Ofelia ^b   Hernández Álvarez, Elizabeth ^b   Rodríguez Salazar, María Teresa ^a   García Arreola, María Elena ^c   Tapia Cruz, Víctor ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomonitors; Ficus benjamina; ICP MS; Metals; Mexico City

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC METALS; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND VALUE; BIOMONITORS; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FICUS BENJAMINA; ICP-MS; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS; LOW ENRICHMENT; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MEXICO CITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; TOMATO LEAVES; URBAN AREAS;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; HARDWOODS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS; RATING; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS; ZINC;

COPPER;

HEAVY METAL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FICUS; METABOLISM; MEXICO; PLANT LEAF; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FICUS; METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; PLANT LEAVES;

FICUS BENJAMINA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 79955900387     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0252-9     Document Type: Article

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