Jordan: Environmental Status of Water, Soil and Air

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 323-334

  Howari, F M ^a   Ghrefat, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Air; Environment; Jordan; Metal; Soil; Uranium; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937024916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00516-X     Document Type: Chapter

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