Shooting Ranges: Environmental Contamination

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 41-50

  Sorvari, J ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ammunition; Contamination; Ecological risk; Environment; Human health; Lead; Remediation; Risk; Risk assessment; Risk management; Shooting range

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879839834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00429-3     Document Type: Chapter

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