Ecological risk assessment of heavy metal (HM) pollution in the ambient air using a new bio-indicator

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 14210-14220

  Miri, Mohammad ^a   Allahabadi, Ahmad ^b   Ghaffari, Hamid Reza ^c,d   Fathabadi, Zeynab Abaszadeh ^a   Raisi, Zahra ^a   Rezai, Mehrab ^a   Aval, Mohsen Yazdani ^e  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SABZEVAR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Bio indicator; Ecological risk assessment; Heavy metals (HMs); Ulmus carpinifolia

Indexed keywords

ULMUS PROCERA;

AIR POLLUTANT; HEAVY METAL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BARK; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CITY; ELM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT BARK; PLANT LEAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ULMUS;

EID: 84962672059     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6476-9     Document Type: Article

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