A critical assessment of chromium in the environment

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-46

  Kimbrough, David Eugene ^a   Cohen, Yoram ^b   Winer, Arthur M ^b   Creelman, Lynn ^c   Mabuni, Clayton ^d  

^a Castaic Lake Water Agency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium (III); Chromium (VI); Exposure; Intermedia transport and transformations; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

TOXICOLOGY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG CANCER; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0002846219     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389991259164     Document Type: Review

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