Toxicity Issues Associated with Geogenic Arsenic in the Groundwater-Soil-Plant-Human Continuum

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1100-1107

  Juhasz, A L ^a,e   Naidu, R ^a,e   Zhu, Y G ^b   Wang, L S ^c   Jiang, J Y ^c   Cao, Z H ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c X Res Inst Endemic Dis Contr   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COPPER; FLUORIDE; GOLD; GROUND WATER; RADIOISOTOPE; SELENIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL RECORD; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; SOIL; TOXICITY; WEATHERING;

EID: 0345714952     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0231-x     Document Type: Article

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