Chemical transformation of gaseous elemental Hg in the atmosphere

Dynamics of Mercury Pollution on Regional and Global Scales: Atmospheric Processes and Human Exposures Around the World

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 261-294

  Ariya, Parisa A ^a   Peterson, Kirk A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24494-8_12     Document Type: Chapter

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