Heavy metal concentrations in soil and wild plants growing around Pb-Zn sulfide terrain in the Kohistan region, northern Pakistan

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-75

  Muhammad, Said ^a   Shah, M Tahir ^a   Khan, Sardar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Hyper accumulator; Pb Zn terrain; Pollution load index; Soil; Wild plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957650855     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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