Air quality assessment by tree bark biomonitoring in urban, industrial and rural environments of the Rhine Valley: PCDD/Fs, PCBs and trace metal evidence

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-202

  Guéguen, Florence ^a,b   Stille, Peter ^b   Millet, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Biomonitoring; PCBs; PCDD Fs; Trace metals; Tree barks

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVER POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; STEELMAKING; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; PCDD/FS; TRACE METAL; TREE BARKS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DIOXIN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TIN; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARK; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOMONITORING; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LANDFILL; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PHYTOTOXICITY; POWER PLANT; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; TRACE METAL; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXHAUST GAS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LANDFILL; MOUNTAINEERING; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ALSACE; BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BAS RHIN; FRANCE; GERMANY; KEHL; RHINE VALLEY; STRASBOURG;

EID: 80054856818     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.032     Document Type: Article

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