Can vegetation indicate a municipal solid waste landfill's impact on the environment?

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 501-509

  Vaverková, Magdalena ^a   Adamcová, Dana ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Heavy metal content; Landfill sites; Nitrates content; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897097807     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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