Modern Bedouin exposures to copper contamination: An imperial legacy?

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-115

  Grattan, J P ^a   Huxley, S I ^a   Pyatt, F B ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Bedouin; Copper; Exposure; Health

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

COPPER; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARAB; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SEDIMENT;

JORDAN;

EID: 0037404788     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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