Geochemistry of an arsenic anomally in St. Elizabeth Jamaica

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Lalor, G ^a   Rattray, R ^a   Simpson, P ^a   Vutchkov, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Arsenic; Geochemistry; Jamaica

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0032763611     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006542311014     Document Type: Article

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