Multidimensional evaluation of soil pollution from railway tracks

Railway transport is a source of pollution to soils and living organisms by e.g. PAHs, PCBs, oil-derived products, pesticides and heavy metals. Soil toxicity evaluation requires chemical analyses, indicating the type and content of particular pollutants, as well as biological analyses, which allow a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecotoxicology (London, England). - 1992. - 24(2015), 4 vom: 12. Mai, Seite 805-22
1. Verfasser: Wierzbicka, Małgorzata (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bemowska-Kałabun, Olga, Gworek, Barbara
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Ecotoxicology (London, England)
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Soil Pollutants
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