Distribution, correlation and risk assessment of selected metals in urban soils from Islamabad, Pakistan

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 887-898

  Iqbal, Javed ^a   Shah, Munir H ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Metal; Multivariate analysis; Pakistan; Risk assessment; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATION FACTORS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; ISLAMABAD , PAKISTAN; METAL LEVELS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL APPROACHES; PAKISTAN; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; SELECTED METALS; SOIL SAMPLE; SPECTRO-PHOTOMETRIC METHOD; URBAN SOILS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; MANGANESE; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CORRELATION; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GEOACCUMULATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

METALS; PAKISTAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

ISLAMABAD [PAKISTAN]; PAKISTAN;

EID: 79960180628     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.105     Document Type: Article

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