Air pollution study in macedonia using a moss biomonitoring technique, ICP-AES and AAS

Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-107

  Barandovski, Lambe ^a   Stafilov, Trajče ^a   Šajn, Robert ^b   Frontasyeva, Marina V ^c   Bačeva, Katerina ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Macedonia; Moss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882655860     PISSN: 18575552     EISSN: 18575625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20450/mjcce.2013.137     Document Type: Article

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