Dandelion plants as a biomonitor of urban area contamination by heavy metals

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-164

  Kleckerova A ^a   Docekalova H ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Determination of metals; Environmental pollution; Inter metal correlations; Plant monitoring; Urban soil

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLANT; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

BRNO; CZECH REPUBLIC; JIHOMORAVSKY;

EID: 84896813094     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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