Bioavailability of arsenic in soil and mine wastes of the Tamar valley, SW England

Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 77-81

  Kavanagh, Peter J ^a   Farago, Margaret E ^a   Thornton, Iain ^a   Braman, Robert S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioavailability; Sequential extractions; Soil; Tamar Valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002851024     PISSN: 09542299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09542299.1997.11083291     Document Type: Article

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