Mercury emissions from industrial sources in India and its effects in the environment

Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere: Emissions, Measurements and Models

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-112

  Mukherjee, Arun B ^a   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^b   Sarkar, Atanu ^c   Zevenhoven, Ron ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Habitat Centre   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 84892052173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-93958-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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