Mercury concentrations in a historic lead mining and smelting town in the Czech Republic: A pilot study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 188, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 167-171

  Rieuwerts, John S ^a   Farago, Margaret ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contamination; Czech Republic; Mercury; Mining; Smelting; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MERCURY; MINING; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL;

CZECH REPUBLIC, PRIBRAM;

EID: 0030579957     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05167-4     Document Type: Article

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