Geophagy: Who eats soil and where do possible contaminants go?

Environmental Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 109-114

  Sheppard, S C ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hexachlorobenzene; Lead; Soil ingestion; Uranium

Indexed keywords

GEOPHAGY; SOIL INGESTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031960856     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050230     Document Type: Article

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