Variations of soil lead in different land uses along the urbanization gradient in the Beijing metropolitan area

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 3199-3214

  Mao, Qizheng ^a   Huang, Ganlin ^a   Ma, Keming ^b   Sun, Zexiang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Land use; Soil Pb; Urbanization gradient

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PAINT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

GREENBELT; LAND USE; LEAD; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ROAD; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHINA; EXHAUST GAS; FOREST; HOSPITAL; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAND USE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL; SUBURBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

CHINA; CITIES; LEAD; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84897908212     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110303199     Document Type: Article

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