Bioindication of atmospheric trace metals - With special references to megacities

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 1991-1995

  Markert, Bernd ^a   Wuenschmann, Simone ^a   Fraenzle, Stefan ^b   Graciana Figueiredo, Ana Maria ^c   Ribeiro, Andreza P ^c   Wang, Meie ^d  

^a International Graduate School Zittau ^*  (Germany)

^b International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Chemical pollution; Health care; Multi Markered Bioindication Concept (MMBC); S o Paulo

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEAVY METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACTIVE BIOMONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRACES; BIOINDICATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; GREEN PLANTS; MULTI MARKERED BIOINDICATION CONCEPTS (MMBC);

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

TRACE METAL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HEALTH CARE; HEAVY METAL; MEGACITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRACE METAL; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOINDICATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MEGACITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; REVIEW; URBANIZATION;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)];

VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 79958834924     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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