A discussion of water pollution in the United States and Mexico; with high school laboratory activities for analysis of lead, atrazine, and nitrate

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1413-1421

  Kelter, Paul B ^a   Grundman, Julie ^a   Hage, David S ^a   Carr, James D ^a   Castro Acuña, Carlos Mauricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 0039566699     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed074p1413     Document Type: Article

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