Heavy metals - geochemical bogey men?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Heavy metals - geochemical bogey men?

AU - Hodson, M E

N1 - ©2003, Elsevier Ltd.

PY - 2004/6

Y1 - 2004/6

N2 - Heavy metals is a loose term usually used to indicate environmentally "bad" metals. It is poorly defined with a multitude of often contradictory definitions based on density, atomic weight, atomic number or other properties of the elements or their compounds. Alternative. scientifically rigorous definitions exist for subgroups of metals and should be used instead. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

AB - Heavy metals is a loose term usually used to indicate environmentally "bad" metals. It is poorly defined with a multitude of often contradictory definitions based on density, atomic weight, atomic number or other properties of the elements or their compounds. Alternative. scientifically rigorous definitions exist for subgroups of metals and should be used instead. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.11.003

DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.11.003

M3 - Article

SN - 0269-7491

VL - 129

SP - 341

EP - 343

JO - Environmental Pollution

JF - Environmental Pollution

IS - 3

ER -