Organic contamination in soils associated with cemeteries

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-97

  Spongberg, Alison L ^a   Becks, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cemetery; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034076720     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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