Biomonitoring of air quality employing in situ Ramalina celastri in Argentina

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-429

  Pignata, María Luisa ^a,b   Gonzalez C M ^a   Wannaz, E D ^a,c   Carreras, H A ^a   Gudino G L ^a   Martinez M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Tecnologica Nacional ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Malondialdehyde; Pigments; Pollution index; Ramalina celastri; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAVY METALS; PIGMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL ZONES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ALKADIENE; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROPEROXY CONJUGATED DIENE; IRON; LEAD; MALONALDEHYDE; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PESTICIDE; PIGMENT; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; LICHEN; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AGRICULTURE; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LICHEN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAMALINA CELASTRI; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARGENTINA (FISH); RAMALINA CELASTRI;

EID: 9644291389     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2004.005678     Document Type: Article

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