Long-term environmental impact of arsenic-dispersion in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Trace Metals and other Contaminants in the Environment

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 365-382

  Matschullat, J ^a   Birmann, K ^a   Borba, R P ^b   Ciminelli, V ^c   Deschamps, E M ^d   Figueiredo, B R ^b   Gabrio, T ^e   Hassler S ^a   Hilscher, A ^a   Junghanel I ^a   de Oliveira, N ^f   Rassbach K ^a   Schmidt, H ^a   Schwenk, M ^e   de Oliveira Vilhena, M J ^g   Weidner, U ^e  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Fund Estadual do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^e Landesgesundheitsamt Baden Württemberg ^*  (Germany)

^f FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^g Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais ^*  (Brazil)

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EID: 44449088362     PISSN: 18751121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-1121(06)09014-6     Document Type: Review

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