Evaluation of sediment contamination with heavy metals: the importance of determining appropriate background content and suitable element for normalization.

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Published in Environ Geochem Health on July 18, 2014

Authors

Sanja Sakan1, Gordana Dević, Dubravka Relić, Ivan Anđelković, Nenad Sakan, Dragana Đorđević

Author Affiliations

1: ICTM, Chemistry Centre, University of Belgrade, Njegoševa 12, P. O. Box 815, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia, ssakan@chem.bg.ac.rs.

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