Assessment on the contamination and risk of PAHs in a metal smelting area

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-267

  Lin, Dao Hui ^a   Zhu, Li Zhong ^a   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental risk; Metal smelting industry; PAHs

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844286156     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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