Assessing roadside conditions and vehicular emissions using roadside lettuce plants

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 387-393

  Hassan, Ibrahim A ^a,b   Basahi, Jalal M ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Foliage dust; Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv Romaine); Roadside dust; Traffic related elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878161411     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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