Soil minerals, organisms, and human health: Medicinal uses of soils and soil materials

Soils and Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 199-213

  Mbila, Monday ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84949097734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b13683     Document Type: Chapter

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