Mercury concentrations in the surface sediments of the intertidal area along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 13-21

  Yap, Chee Kong ^a   Ismail, Ahmad ^a   Tan, Soon Guan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mercury; Sediment; West coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); SAMPLING; TIDES; VAPORIZATION;

DRY WEIGHT; INTERTIDAL AREAS;

SEDIMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 1642506236     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0277224031000135049     Document Type: Article

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