Health risk and sources of arsenic in the potable water of a mining area

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 260, 2000, Pages 9-16

  Armienta, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 27844493320     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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