Background arsenic concentrations in Southeastern Spanish soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 5-12

  Diez M ^a   Simon M ^b   Dorronsoro, C ^a   Garcia I ^b   Martin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Background; Soils; Subpopulation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VISUALIZATION;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; BACKGROUND ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; SOUTHEASTERN SPANISH SOILS; SUBPOPULATION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34147121178     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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