• Soil Contamination and Bioconcentration Characteristics around the Seokdam Mine, Korea

  • Byeong Cheol Song1, Byung Sun Choi2, Young Hun Kim3, Hee Won Kwon3, and Jeong Jin Kim1*

  • 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Gyeongkuk National University, Andong 36729, Korea
    2Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
    3Department of Environmental Engineering, Gyeongkuk National University, Andong 36729, Korea

  • 석담광산 주변 토양오염 및 생물농축 특성 연구

  • 송병철1ㆍ최병선2ㆍ김영훈3ㆍ권희원3ㆍ김정진1*

  • 1국립경국대학교 지구환경과학과, 2중앙대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실, 3국립경국대학교 환경공학과

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This Article

  • 2026; 31(2): 49-63

    Published on Apr 30, 2026

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2026.31.2.049
  • Received on Mar 24, 2026
  • Revised on Apr 2, 2026
  • Accepted on Apr 24, 2026

Correspondence to

  • Jeong Jin Kim

  • 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Gyeongkuk National University, Andong 36729, Korea

  • E-mail: jjkim@andong.ac.kr