Thallium: Environmental Pollution and Health Effects

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 325-333

  Viraraghavan, T ^a   Srinivasan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Health effects; Heavy metals; Thallium; Toxicity; Treatment technologies; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870408755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00643-7     Document Type: Chapter

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