Environmental aspects of arsenic toxicity

Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 457-493

  Peters, Gregory R ^a   McCurdy, Ross F ^b   Hindmarsh, J Thomas ^c  

^a MDS Environmental Services Ltd   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Research Foundation   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air; Arsenic; Biota; Environment; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0030470007     PISSN: 10408363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408369609080055     Document Type: Review

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