Multi-elements atmospheric deposition study in Albania

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2506-2518

  Qarri, Flora ^a   Lazo, Pranvera ^b   Stafilov, Trajce ^c   Frontasyeva, Marina ^d   Harmens, Harry ^e   Bekteshi, Lirim ^b   Baceva, Katerina ^c   Goryainova, Zoya ^d  

^a University of Vlora   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^c SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^d JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; GIS technology; ICP AES analysis; Moss biomonitoring; Multivariate analysis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; METAL;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALBANIA; ARSENIC; BRYOPSIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84893633449     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2091-1     Document Type: Article

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