Aral Sea: An Ecological Disaster Zone with Impact on Human Health

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 136-144

  Erdinger, L ^a   Hollert, H ^b   Eckl, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aral Sea; Central Asia; Ecological Disaster; Irrigation; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870253713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00341-X     Document Type: Chapter

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