Heavy metals pollution in street dusts of tehran and their ecological risk assessment

Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 61, 2012, Pages 9-18

  Salmanzadeh, M ^a   Saeedi, M ^a   Nabi bidhendi, Gh ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecological Risk; Enrichment Factor; Heavy metal; Street Dust; Tehran

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921736240     PISSN: 10258620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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