Mercury and methylmercury in soils and plants of differently contaminated sites in Slovakia

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-240

  Dombaiová, Renáta ^a,b   Huang, Jen How ^a   Matzner, Egbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Leaf; Methylmercury; Slovakia; Soil; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044390911     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200421635     Document Type: Article

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