Pollution and ecological risk assessment for heavy metals in sediments of Le'an river

Huanjing Kexue/Environmental Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  He, Mengehang ^a   Wang, Zijian ^a   Tang, Hongxiao ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Heavy metal pollution; Le'an river; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149117203     PISSN: 02503301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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