The geoenvironmental cycle of cadmium: A case study

Environmentalist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-108

  Khwaja, A R ^a,b   Singh, Rashmi ^a,b   Raju, Madhuri ^a,b   Tandon, S N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b Department of Chemistry ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY;

INDIA; ROORKEE; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 0030722910     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018595815672     Document Type: Article

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