Anthropogenic Sources of Water Pollution: Parts 1 and 2

Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions, and Preventive Measures

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 289-302

  Shannon, Kerry L ^a   Lawrence, Robert S ^b   McDonald, Danielle ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic, urban runoff; Chemical pollutants; Loss of ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886321177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118148594.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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