Assessment of trace elements in honey produced on uranium mining reclaimed land

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-122

  Iskander, Felib Y ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

honey; reclaimed land; trace elements; uranium

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; HONEY; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030606314     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05293-X     Document Type: Article

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