Arsenic in the Soil Environment: A Review

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 64, Issue C, 1998, Pages 149-195

  Smith, E ^a,b   Naidu, R ^a,c   Alston, A M ^b  

^a CRC for Soil and Land Management   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0000874895     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(08)60504-0     Document Type: Chapter

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