Assessment of airborne heavy metal pollution using Pinus spp. and Tilia spp

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 563-573

  Serbula, Snezana M ^a   Kalinovic, Tanja S ^a   Ilic, Ana A ^a   Kalinovic, Jelena V ^a   Steharnik, Mirjana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b MINING AND METALLURGY INSTITUTE BOR   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Copper; Copper smelter; Lead; Linden; Pine

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PARTS; BIO-CONCENTRATION FACTORS; BIOMONITORING; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LINDEN; PINE; PINE NEEDLE; PINUS SPP; PLANT SPECIES; PREVAILING WIND DIRECTIONS; TILIA SPP; TRANSLOCATION FACTOR; TRANSLOCATION INDEX;

AIR POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LEAD; POLLUTION CONTROL; URBAN GROWTH;

COPPER;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; HEAVY METAL; SMELTING; TRANSLOCATION; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 84874350957     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.06.0153     Document Type: Article

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