Assessment of airborne heavy metal pollution using plant parts and topsoil

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 209-214

  Serbula, Snezana M ^a   Miljkovic, Dusanka Dj ^b   Kovacevic, Renata M ^c   Ilic, Ana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Dorda Vajferta 22 ^*  (Serbia)

^c The Mining and Metallurgy Institute in Bor   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Airborne pollution; Arsenic; Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Robinia pseudoacacia; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; BRANCHLET; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METAL INDUSTRY; MINING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SMELTER; SOIL POLLUTION; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; ROBINIA; SERBIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

FABACEAE; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 81955161911     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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