Human Health Risk Assessment of Mercury in Soil–Plants System

Dženana Ismičić-Tanjo1, Jasna Huremović1, Alisa Selović1, Elma Šehović1
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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