Urban legacies and soil management affect the concentration and speciation of trace metals in Los Angeles community garden soils

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 197, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Clarke, Lorraine Weller ^a   Jenerette, G Darrel ^a   Bain, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Lead; Legacy; Metal bioavailability; Roadside soil

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ARSENIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METALS; ROADS AND STREETS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

GEOCHEMICAL PHASIS; LEGACY; METAL BIOAVAILABILITY; METAL CONTAMINATION; POLLUTANT SOURCES; RESIDUAL FRACTION; ROAD-SIDE SOILS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HUMIC ACID; LEAD; ORGANIC MATTER; TRACE METAL; EXHAUST GAS; HEAVY METAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GARDEN; LEAD; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CALIFORNIA; CITY PLANNING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHWAY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLLUTANT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GARDENING; METABOLISM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GARDENING; LOS ANGELES; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84930278473     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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