World emissions of mercury from artisanal and small scale gold mining

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 131-172

  Telmer, Kevin H ^a   Veiga, Marcello M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-93958-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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