Oil contamination along oil tanker routes off the United Arab Emirates (The Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-210

  Shriadah, M A ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL SPILL; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SEA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; OMAN; PETROLEUM; SAUDI ARABIA; SEAWATER; SHIPS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032870257     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900967     Document Type: Article

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