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Contaminants and the Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific Region pp 501–511Cite as

Trace metal contamination of the Hong Kong soil environment: a review

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It is commonly known that urbanisation and industralisation adversely affect our environmental quality. This is further aggravated in developing countries where industrial development is progressing rapidly compared with developed countries.

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  1. CSIRO Division of Soils and CRC for Soil and Land Management, Private Mail Bag No. 2, Glen Osmond, Adelaide, SA, 5064, Australia

    R. Naidu , R. S. Kookana , D. P. Oliver  & M. J. McLaughlin , ,  & 

  2. CRC for Soil and Land Management and Dept. of Soil Sciences, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Waite Road, Urrbrae, Adelaide, SA, 5064, Australia

    S. Rogers

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Wong, M.H., Wong, J.W.C., Chen, T.B. (1996). Trace metal contamination of the Hong Kong soil environment: a review. In: Naidu, R., Kookana, R.S., Oliver, D.P., Rogers, S., McLaughlin, M.J. (eds) Contaminants and the Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific Region. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1626-5_16

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