Geochemical environment in areas of low and high coronary heart disease mortality

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn 23, Issue , 1997, Pages 137-148

  Kousa, Anne ^a   Nikkarinen, Maria ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Chemical elements; Finland; Geochemical surveys; Ground water; Medical geology; Soils; Till; Water hardness; Water wells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000725896     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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