Environmental risks at Finnish shooting ranges - A case study

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1111-1146

  Sorvari, Jaana ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contamination; Ecological risk; Health risk; Risk assessment; Shooting range

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34848852207     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030701506124     Document Type: Article

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