Platinum group elements in the environment and their health risk

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 318, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1-43

  Ravindra, Khaiwal ^a   Bencs, László ^a,b   Van Grieken, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Environmental matrices; Health risk; Pd; Platinum group metals; Pt; Rh; Sensitizer

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; COASTAL ZONES; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; SOILS; TOXICITY; VEGETATION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHRONIC EXPOSURE;

PLATINUM;

PLATINUM;

HEALTH RISK; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; AUTOMATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CATALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIVER; SEASHORE; SOIL; VEGETATION;

EID: 0344062621     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00372-3     Document Type: Review

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