Multidisciplinary work on barium contamination of the karstic upper Kupa River drainage basin (Croatia and Slovenia); calling for watershed management

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-79

  Franciskovic Bilinski S ^a   Bilinski, H ^a   Grbac, R ^b   Zunic J ^c   Necemer M ^d   Hanzel D ^d  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b General Medical Service in Lokve   (Croatia)

^c Karlovac County Hospital   (Croatia)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Barite waste characterization; Barium contamination; Croatia; Gorski Kotar; Health problems; Karstic aquifers; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; IRON;

BARIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HEALTH RISK; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SLOVENIA; SPECTROMETRY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BARIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRON ISOTOPES; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; SLOVENIA; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, MOSSBAUER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KUPA RIVER; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846781108     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9077-6     Document Type: Article

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