Soil ingestion estimates for children in anaconda using trace element concentrations in different particle size fractions

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 547-558

  Stanek III, Edward J ^a   Calabrese, Edward J ^a   Barnes, Ramon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 22644448592     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.1999.10518878     Document Type: Article

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