Antimony, arsenic and lead distribution in soils and plants of an agricultural area impacted by former mining activities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 439, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-43

  Alvarez Ayuso E ^a   Otones, V ^a   Murciego, A ^b   Garcia Sanchez A ^a   Regina, I Santa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil pollution; Environmental and health risks; Mobilization; Phytoavailability; Toxic elements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STANDARDS; LEAD-ANTIMONY; MINING ACTIVITIES; MOBILIZATION; PB CONCENTRATION; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PHYTOSTABILIZATION; SOIL LAYER; TOXIC ELEMENTS; WHEAT GRAINS;

ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY DEPOSITS; ARSENIC; CULTIVATION; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTION;

SOILS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; LEAD;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; LEAD; MINING; MOBILIZATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CEREAL; CULTIVATED SPECIES; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; MINING; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84867136474     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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