Inhabitants close to main roads on outskirts of metropolitan cities are exposed more to SOx; eucalyptus tree as bioindicator

• Autorzy: Iqbal M.A. , Zaib S. , Haque R. A. , Imran M. , Samat N. , Kanwal F.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Fifty samples of Eucalyptus tree leaves were collected in such a way that 25 samples were collected from the vicinity of roads where traffic density is high and 25 samples were collected away from roads where traffic density is low or almost negligible. The purpose was to assess whether inhabitants away from main roads on the outskirts of metropolitan cities are exposed to the same amount of SOx as those who live close to main roads using the Eucalyptus tree as a bioindicator. The mean concentration values showed alarming differences of accumulation for both types of areas, which concluded that the inhabitants close to the main roads on average are exposed to more than double (2.23 times) SOx as those away from the roads.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 21
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.375-379,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

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Iqbal M.A.

• Department of Chemistry, The Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan
• School of Chemical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, Penang-11800, Malaysia

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Zaib S.

• Department of Chemistry, The Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan

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Haque R. A.

• School of Chemical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, Penang-11800, Malaysia

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Imran M.

• Insitute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore-54590, Pakistan

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Samat N.

• Insitute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore-54590, Pakistan

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Kanwal F.

• Insitute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore-54590, Pakistan

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