An appraisal of soil diffuse contamination in an industrial district in northern Italy

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1241-1249

  Biasioli, M ^a   Fabietti, G ^b   Barberis, R ^b   Ajmone Marsan, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enrichment factors; Heavy metals; Organic contaminants; Rare earth elements; Soil diffuse contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; LAND USE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACCURATE QUANTIFICATIONS; BACKGROUND VALUE; CONTAMINATION FACTORS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; SOIL DIFFUSE CONTAMINATIONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; LEAD; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DIFFUSION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERIURBAN AREA; POPULATION DENSITY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ITALY; LAND USE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ITALY;

EID: 84862662046     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.081     Document Type: Article

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