Trace elements in coal. Environmental and health significance

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-204

  Finkelman, Robert B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal combustion; Coal quality; Health impacts; Trace elements; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAL; FLUORIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032938978     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784420     Document Type: Article

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