Evaluation of the sources of contamination in the Suburban area of Koropi-Markopoulo, Athens, Greece

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-28

  Kaitantzian, Agavni ^a   Kelepertzis, Efstratios ^a   Kelepertsis, Akindynos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural soils; Groundwater contamination; Heavy metals; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS;

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; NICKEL; SOILS; ZINC;

AGRICULTURE;

ANION; CATION; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIONS; CATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; GROUNDWATER; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84879841846     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-013-1023-6     Document Type: Article

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