Sediment contamination by arsenic in parts of central-east India and analytical studies on its mobilization

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 190-197

  Pandey, Piyush Kant ^a   Nair, Sumita ^a   Bhui, Ashish ^a   Pandey, Madhurima ^a  

^a BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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