Chromium in the environment of Finland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 9-19

  Mukherjee, Arun B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chromium; Emission; Finland; Leaching; Production; Use

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL POISONING; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEACHING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0032581143     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00163-6     Document Type: Article

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