Managing hazardous pollutants in Chile: Arsenic

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2008, Pages 123-146

  Sancha, Ana María ^a   O'Ryan, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILE; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS;

EID: 58049146864     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-78444-1_5     Document Type: Article

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