Arsenic and antimony content in soil and plants from Baia Mare area, Romania

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Oprea, Gabriela ^a   Michnea, Angela ^b   Mihali, Cristina ^a   Şenilǎ, Marin ^c   Roman, Cecilia ^c   Jelea, Stela ^a   Butean, Claudia ^a   Barz, Cristian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^b Romanian National Environmental Protection Agency Bucharest   (Romania)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antimony; Arsenic; Plant; Polluted areas; Soil; Statistic interpretation

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; HILL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAD; METALLURGY; MINING; MOBILITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; WIND DIRECTION;

BAIA MARE; MARAMURES; ROMANIA;

EID: 79959506691     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2010.33.40     Document Type: Article

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