A study of air pollution with heavy metals in Athens city and Attica basin using evergreen trees as biological indicators

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-408

  Sawidis, Thomas ^a   Krystallidis, Panagiotis ^a   Veros, Dimitrios ^a   Chettri, Mukesh ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Athens; Attica; Heavy metals; Trees

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIFER; CUTICLE; EVERGREEN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREECE; HIGHWAY; NONHUMAN; OLEA EUROPEA; PERMEABILITY; PINUS BRUTIA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; SOUR ORANGE; TREE; TRICHOME; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; OLEA; PINUS;

CITRUS AURANTIUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; OLEA EUROPAEA; PINUS BRUTIA;

EID: 84864705687     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9378-9     Document Type: Article

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