Railway transportation as a serious source of organic and inorganic pollution

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 333-345

  Wilkomirski B ^a   Sudnik Wojcikowska B ^a   Galera, H ^a   Wierzbicka, M ^a   Malawska, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contamination; Heavy metals; PAHs; Plants; Railway; Soil

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PARTS; BAY AREAS; CONTROL LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL PARTS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; LOADING RAMPS; MERCURY CONTENT; PAHS; PLANT SAMPLES; PLANTS; PLATFORM AREA; RAILWAY; RAILWAY JUNCTIONS; RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION; SOIL CONTAMINATION; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MOLYBDENUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RAILROAD STATIONS; RAILROADS; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PLANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; INORGANIC POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLAND; POLLUTION; RAILWAY; SOIL POLLUTION;

TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 79959282832     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0645-0     Document Type: Article

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