Elemental contamination of an open-pit mining area in the Peruvian Andes
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1735-1472,1735-2630
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0493-8