Trends of atmospheric deposition of trace elements in Macedonia studied by the moss biomonitoring technique

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2000-2015

  Barandovski, Lambe ^a   Frontasyeva, Marina V ^b   Stafilov, Trajče ^c   Šajn, Robert ^d   Pavlov, Sergey ^b   Enimiteva, Vangelica ^c  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

air pollution; atomic absorption spectrometry; biomonitoring; heavy metals; Macedonia; Moss; neutron activation analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION; FERRONICKEL; MACEDONIA; MOSS; NATURAL VEGETATION; POLLUTION ORIGIN; POLLUTION SOURCES; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SLAG WASTES; TRANS-BOUNDARY; UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE;

ANTIMONY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CERIUM; CESIUM; EUROPIUM; HAFNIUM; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NICKEL SMELTING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUBIDIUM; SLAGS; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SURVEYS; VEGETATION; ZIRCONIUM;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CESIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IODINE; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUROPE; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MOSS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); METALS, HEAVY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84864834361     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.695267     Document Type: Article

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