Integrated study of arsenic contamination in different matrices and targets in La Matanza, Buenos Aires province, Argentina

One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014): As 2014 - Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 49-51

  Vazquez C ^a   Marco L ^b   Rodriguez Castro M C ^c   Boeykens, S ^a   Maury, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b U Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado   (Venezuela)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENIC LEVELS; BUENOS AIRES; HUMAN HAIR; SOIL AND WATER; STUDY AREAS; WATER AND SOIL SAMPLES;

ARSENIC;

EID: 84907334844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b16767-19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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