Determination of lead and other metals in a residential area of greater Calcutta

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 227, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 175-185

  Chatterjee, Amit ^a,b   Banerjee, R N ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Lead; Metals; Microwave; Smelter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NITRIC ACID; SILVER; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DIGESTION; DUST; INDIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

EID: 0032908781     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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