Microorganisms and heavy metals associated with atmospheric deposition in a congested urban environment of a developing country: Sri Lanka.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Science of the Total Environment

• Publication date

  2017-04-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Materials Science, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.121PMID 28185730
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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