Trace element concentrations in soils along urbanization gradients in the city of Wien, Austria

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 917-924

  Simon, Edina ^a   Vidic, Andreas ^b   Braun, Mihály ^a   Fábián, István ^a   Tóthmérész, Béla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; ICP OES; Pollution index; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRIA;

CARPINUS;

EID: 84873097981     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1091-x     Document Type: Article

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