USGS compiles data set for national assessment of VOCs in ground water

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 147-158

  Lapham, Wayne W ^a   Neitzert, Kathleen M ^b   Moran, Michael J ^b   Zogorski, John S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030813189     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1997.tb01275.x     Document Type: Review

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