Mercury in natural waters: A Mini-Review

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-18

  Mousavi, Aliyar ^a   Chávez, Rose D ^a   Ali, Abdul Mehdi S ^a   Cabaniss, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Geochemistry; Health; Mercury; Natural waters; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952714063     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275922.2010.547549     Document Type: Review

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