Characterizing the physical and demographic variables associated with heavy metal distribution along urban-rural gradient

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Fang, Shubo ^a,b   Qiao, Yajun ^c   Yin, Chunsheng ^a   Yang, Xiaoying ^b   Li, Ning ^c  

^a SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allocation analysis; Characteristic spatial scale; Heavy metals; Physical variables; Priority areas; Urbanization gradient

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

ALLOCATION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PRIORITY AREAS; SPATIAL SCALE; URBANIZATION GRADIENTS;

RURAL AREAS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WETLAND; ANALYSIS; CHINA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; PUDONG; SHANGHAI;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84939245483     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4780-3     Document Type: Article

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