Sources of potentially toxic elements and organic pollutants in an urban area subjected to an industrial impact

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-32

  Cachada, Anabela ^a   Pereira, Maria Eduarda ^a   Ferreira Da Silva, Eduardo ^a   Duarte, Armando Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agricultural soils; Chemical plant; Multivariate statistics; Organic pollutants; Potential toxic elements; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; GEOGENIC; HUMAN HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SAMPLE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STUDY AREAS; TOXIC ELEMENTS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SITE; URBAN SOILS;

CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHROMIUM; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL REMEDIATION; TOXICITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAND USE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PORTUGAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 82255181288     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1943-8     Document Type: Article

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