Antimony impurity in lead arsenate insecticide enhances the antimony content of old orchard soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 736-738

  Wagner, Sandra E ^a   Peryea, Frank J ^b   Filby, Royston A ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ANTIMONY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; INSECTICIDES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NEUTRONS; ORCHARDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

SOILS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC ACID; INSECTICIDE; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ORCHARD; PLANT; SAMPLE; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037345906     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2003.7360     Document Type: Article

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