Chromium, Nickel and Cobalt

Trace Elements in Soils

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 461-479

  Ma, Yibing ^a   Hooda, Peter S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical behaviour in soils chromium, nickel, cobalt; Chromium, nickel and cobalt; Environmental and human health risks chromium, nickel, cobalt; Geogenic occurrences average concentration in rocks; Sources of soil contamination major sources of inputs to agricultural soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885350100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444319477.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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