Environmental background assessment: Basic principles and practice

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-267

  Pacini, Nic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Background concentration; Ecological risk assessment; Reference site; Remediation target; Screening level; Soil sediment contamination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ITALY; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ITALY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 56349113263     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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