Distinguishing between naturally and anthropogenically elevated arsenic at an abandoned arctic military site

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-344

  Koch, Iris ^a   Duso, Angela ^a   Haug, Corinne ^a   Miskelly, Christy ^a   Sommerville, Melanie ^a   Smith, Paula ^a   Reimer, Kenneth J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioavailability; Elemental fingerprinting; PCA; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844465077     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920500351700     Document Type: Article

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