Incident, accident, catastrophe: Cyanide on the Danube

Disasters

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-128

  Cunningham, Solveig Argeseanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baia Mare; Cyanide; Danube; Gold mining; Pollution; Romania

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; HEAVY METAL;

ACCIDENT; CYANIDE; GOLD MINE; RIVER POLLUTION;

ACCIDENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EASTERN EUROPE; HUMAN; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POLLUTION; PUBLIC OPINION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; CYANIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PUBLIC OPINION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BAIA MARE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MARAMURES; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20444479815     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2005.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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