Assessment of heavy metal pollution in urban soils of Havana city, Cuba

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-419

  Rizo, O Díaz ^a   Castillo, F Echeverría ^a   López, J O Arado ^a   Merlo, M Hernández ^a  

^a Instituto Superior de Tecnologias y Ciencias Aplicadas InSTEC   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cuba; Havana; Metal pollution; Urban soils; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CUBA; HAVANA; METAL POLLUTION; URBAN SOILS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AGRICULTURE; COPPER; FLUORESCENCE; LEAD; METALS; PARKS; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

CITIES; CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 80054112691     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0378-9     Document Type: Article

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