Some considerations on the impact on ecological chemical principles in practice with emphasis on gold mining and cyanide

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-129

  Korte, F ^a   Coulston, F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; GOLD; MERCURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRY; MINING; NOTE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031719453     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1998.1692     Document Type: Editorial

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