An evaluation of the environmental implications of petroleum refinery emissions by multielemental neutron activation analysis of rumen fluid ash of buffaloes

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 581-586

  Garg, A N ^a   Chutke, N L ^a   Ambulkar, M N ^a   Dogra, R K S ^b  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUIDS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; NEUTRONS; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BOVINE LIVER; BUFFALOES; HIGH RESOLUTION GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; PETROLEUM REFINERY EMISSIONS; RUMEN FLUID ASH;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT STOMACH;

EID: 0030152882     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-8043(95)00329-0     Document Type: Article

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