Occurrence of methylmercury in Lake Valencia, Venezuela

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Jaffe R ^a   Cai, Y ^a   West Thomas, J ^a   Morales, M ^b   Jones, R D ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; LAKE; MERCURIALISM; SEDIMENT; VENEZUELA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; VENEZUELA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LAKE SEDIMENT; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SULPHUR;

VENEZUELA, LAKE VALENCIA;

VALENCIA;

EID: 0030609771     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900450     Document Type: Article

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