In vitro bioaccessibility of metals in soils from a superfund site in Puerto Rico

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 927-934

  Kientz, K ^a   Jimenez B D ^b   Perez L ^b   Rodriguez Sierra C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLAY; LANDFILL; PUERTO RICO; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHILD; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STOMACH;

EID: 0242669181     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0071-8     Document Type: Article

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