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Trace element contamination around centres of gold mining: examples from peninsular Malaysia
T M Williams1, N Breward, A J Lumb
1British Geological Survey, Minerals and Geochemical Survey Division, NG12 5GG, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK.
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
|November 8, 2013
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