Plant canopies: Bio-monitor and trap for re-suspended dust particulates contaminated with heavy metals

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 499-508

  Ram, S S ^a,b,c   Majumder, S ^e   Chaudhuri, P ^c   Chanda, S ^d   Santra, S C ^e   Maiti, P K ^c   Sudarshan, M ^a   Chakraborty, A ^a  

^a UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^d Allergy and Asthma Research Centre   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dust adsorption; Foliar structures; Re suspended dust; SEMEDS

Indexed keywords

FICUS BENGHALENSIS; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 84899979974     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-012-9445-8     Document Type: Article

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