High arsenic levels in water resources resulting from alteration zones: A case study from Biga Peninsula, Turkey

Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases, As 2010 - 3rd International Congress: Arsenic in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 18-20

  Baba, A ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

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