Impact of 70 years urban growth associated with heavy metal pollution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-163

  Rodriguez Martin J A ^a   De Arana, C ^b   Ramos Miras, J J ^c   Gil, C ^c   Boluda, R ^d  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airborne pollution; Botanical garden; Herbarium specimens; Retrospective analysis; Trace elements; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DEPOSITION; FUELS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BOTANICAL GARDENS; ELEMENT DEPOSITION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HERBARIUM SPECIMENS; HISTORICAL TRENDS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

URBAN GROWTH;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC; METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GARDEN; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NONHUMAN; OAK; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; POPULATION GROWTH; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84928652126     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.014     Document Type: Article

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