Erratum to Radionuclides in fracking wastewater: Managing a toxic blend (Environ Health Perspect, (2014), 122, (A50-A55), 10.1289/ehp.122-A50);Radionuclides in fracking wastewater: Managing a toxic blend

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Brown, Valerie J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; NATURAL GAS;

ARTICLE; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LANDFILL; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; MINING; NOTE; POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GAS, NATURAL; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84910148321     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.122-A149     Document Type: Erratum

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