Arsenic in the environment - Risks and management strategies

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Naidu, Ravi ^a,b   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^c  

^a University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC POISONING; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58149513538     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9243-0     Document Type: Editorial

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