Chemistry of chromium in soils with emphasis on tannery waste sites

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 178, Issue , 2003, Pages 53-91

  Avudainayagam, S ^c,d   Megharaj, M ^a,b   Owens, G ^a,b   Kookana, R S ^a,b   Chittleborough, D ^c   Naidu, R ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEATHER INDUSTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHROMIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TANNING;

EID: 0041701504     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-21728-2_3     Document Type: Article

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