Bioavailability of TNT residues in composts of tnt-contaminated soil

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-108

  Palmer, Winifred G ^a   Beaman, Joseph R ^b   Walters, Dianne M ^c   Creasia, Donald A ^c  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c US Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; INTRATRACHEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FECES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EID: 0030995363     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984109708984014     Document Type: Article

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