Environmental pathway and risk assessment studies of the Musi River's heavy metal contamination - A case study

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1217-1235

  Sekhar, Chandra ^a,b   Chary, N S ^a   Kamala, C T ^a   Shanker, ^b   Frank, H ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food chain; Heavy metals; Human exposure; Musi River; Remediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644450916     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030500278594     Document Type: Article

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