Detailed pollution map of an area highly contaminated by mercury containing wastewater from an organic chemical factory in People's Republic of China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-87

  Matsuyama, A ^a   Yasuda, Y ^a   Yasutake, A ^a   Xiaojie, L ^b   Pin, J ^b   Li, L ^b   Mei, L ^b   Yumin, A ^b   Liya, Q ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b Guizhou Research Institute of Environmental Protection Science   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BIOSAFETY; CHINA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAPS; MERCURY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33745908598     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1035-6     Document Type: Article

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