Sources and fate of as in the environment

Geosystem Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-42

  Hanh, Hoang Thi ^a   Kim, Ju Yong ^a   Bang, Sunbaek ^a   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Degradation; Fate; Partitioning; Sources; Transformation; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859109682     PISSN: 12269328     EISSN: 21663394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12269328.2010.10541307     Document Type: Review

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