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A number of soil samples from south-east Italy were analyzed for As, Bi, Cd, Cu, Hg, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, and Zn contents with the aim of estimating pollution degree in cultivated lands of region. The existence of linear relations among variables was detected assuming multiple regression models and analyzing then linear correlation coefficients.
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Polemio, M., Bufo, S.A. & Senesi, N. Minor elements in south-east Italy soils. Plant Soil 69, 57–66 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02185703
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