Assessment of heavy metal toxicants in the roadside soil along the N-5, National Highway, Pakistan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 587-595

  Khan, M Nasiruddin ^a   Wasim, Agha Arslan ^b   Sarwar, Anila ^c   Rasheed, M Faisal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

^c PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Metal toxicity; National highway; Roadside soil; Vehicular traffic

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS; DUMPING SITE; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIALS; METAL TOXICITY; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HIGHWAY; NON-POINT SOURCE; PAKISTAN; PEARSON CORRELATION; ROADSIDE SOIL; ROADSIDE SOILS; ROOT CAUSE; TOXIC METALS;

AUTOMOBILES; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COBALT; HEAVY METALS; INCINERATION; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ROADSIDES; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WASTE INCINERATION; ZINC;

SOILS;

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; HEAVY METAL; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HIGHWAY; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAKISTAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL;

AUTOMOBILES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS, HEAVY; PAKISTAN; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 80054762430     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1899-8     Document Type: Article

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