Bioavailability of Metals in Soil and Health Risk Assessment for Populations Near an Indian Chromite Mine Area

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 917-928

  Kumar, Bhupander ^a   Verma, V K ^a   Naskar, A K ^a   Sharma, C S ^a   Mukherjee, D P ^a  

^a CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

bioavailability; geochemical fractionation; risk assessment; soil metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893966720     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2013.791589     Document Type: Article

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