Heavy metals in Jamaica. Part 3: The distribution of cadmium in Jamaican soils

Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-12

  Lalor, Gerald C ^a   Rattray, Robin ^a   Simpson, Peter ^a   Vutchkov, Mitko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Cadmium; Heavy metals; Jamaica; Terra rossa soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542628328     PISSN: 01884999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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