Trace element composition of fertilizers and soil amendments

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 551-557

  Raven, K P ^a   Loeppert, R H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEAVY METALS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; ROCK PHOSPHATE;

FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031104907     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600020028x     Document Type: Article

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