Baseline investigation of (methyl)mercury in waters, soils, sediments and key foodstuffs in the Lower Mekong Basin: The rapidly developing city of Vientiane (Lao PDR)

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-102

  Guédron, Stéphane ^a   Tisserand, Delphine ^a   Garambois, Stéphane ^a   Spadini, Lorenzo ^b   Molton, Florian ^a   Bounvilay, Bounthanh ^c   Charlet, Laurent ^a   Polya, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Methyl)mercury; Fish; Lao PDR; Mekong River; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

DEVELOPING CITIES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAO PDR; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MEKONG RIVER; MERCURIES (HG); SEDIMENT PORE WATER; SOIL AND SEDIMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84901593284     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2014.03.020     Document Type: Article

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