Application of various methods for assessment of background arsenic concentration in farming soil

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 732-739

  Loska, K ^a   Wiechula D ^b   Korus, I ^a   Pelczar, J ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; METHODOLOGY; POLAND; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 23844464498     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0643-x     Document Type: Article

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