Survey of the Potential Environmental and Health Impacts in the Immediate Aftermath of the Coal Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee

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L A U R A R U H L , † A V N E R V E N G O S H , * , † G A R Y S . D W Y E R , † H E I L E E N H S U K I M , ‡ A M R I K A D E O N A R I N E , ‡ M I K E B E R G I N , § A N D J U L I A K R A V C H E N K O | Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, 205 Old Chemistry Building, Box 90227, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 121 Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 311 Ferst Drive, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, and Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duke School of Medicine, 2424 Erwin Road, Hock Plaza, Suite 601, Durham, North Carolina 27705

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تاریخ انتشار 2009