Tungsten in the former Soviet Union: Review of environmental regulations and related research

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-215

  Strigul, Nikolay ^a   Koutsospyros, Agamemnon ^b   Christodoulatos, Christos ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of West Haven   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental regulations; Fate and transport; Pollution; Toxicology; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESERVOIR; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARD (REGULATION); TOXICOLOGY; TUNGSTEN; WATER POLLUTION;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 70349503221     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.923     Document Type: Article

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