Relationship between heavy metal concentrations in soils and grasses of roadside farmland in Nepal

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3209-3226

  Yan, Xuedong ^a   Zhang, Fan ^b   Zeng, Chen ^b   Zhang, Man ^a   Devkota, Lochan Prasad ^c   Yao, Tandong ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Farmland environment; Heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb); Nepal; Roadside grass; Roadside soil

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; HEAVY METAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL ANALYSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BAGMATI; KATHMANDU; NEPAL;

POACEAE;

EID: 84866906342     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9093209     Document Type: Article

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