Johor Strait as a hotspot for trace elements contamination in Peninsular Malaysia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 568-573

  Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir ^a,b   Ismail, Ahmad ^a   Mohamat Yusuff, Ferdaus ^a,b   Arai, Takaomi ^b   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Hotspot; Johor Strait; Sediments; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CURRENT STATUS; HOTSPOT; MALAYSIA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; NICKEL ALLOYS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS; ZINC;

LEAD;

HEAVY METAL; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALAYSIA; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALAYSIA; METALS, HEAVY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77954455772     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-9998-8     Document Type: Article

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