Chromium contamination in sediment, vegetation and fish caused by tanneries in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Jordao C P ^a   Pereira, J L ^a   Jham, G N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; RIVER WATER;

CHROMIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EFFLUENT DISCHARGE; FISH; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; TANNERY; VEGETATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEATHER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHROMIUM; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLANTS; TANNING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL, MINAS GERAIS STATE;

EID: 0030665628     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00232-5     Document Type: Article

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