Arsenic, Fluoride, and Vanadium in surface water (Chasicó Lake, Argentina)

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Puntoriero, María L ^a   Volpedo, Alejandra V ^a   Cirelli, Alicia Fernández ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Arsenic; Chasic Lake; Fluoride; Surface water; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063689537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2014.00023     Document Type: Article

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