Soil, grain and water chemistry in relation to human selenium-responsive diseases in Enshi District, China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-132

  Fordyce, F M ^a   Guangdi, Zhang ^b   Green, K ^a   Xinping, Liu ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst of Rock and Mineral Analysis   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; SELENIUM; SOIL; SURFACE WATER;

CHINA;

EID: 0033990233     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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