Arsenic in surface soils affected by mining and metallurgical processing in K. Mitrovica region, Kosovo

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4050-4061

  Stafilov, Trajce ^a   Aliu, Milihate ^b   Sajn, Robert ^c  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; K. Mitrovica; Pollution; Republic of Kosovo; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLURGY; MINING; SLOVENIA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL;

EID: 78649714210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7114050     Document Type: Article

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