Arsenic Availability from Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)-Treated Wood

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 173-180

  Rahman, Farhana Alamgir ^a   Allan, Deborah L ^a   Rosen, Carl J ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE MINERALS; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CROPS; DIFFUSION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOILS; WOOD;

RAISED GARDEN BEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARSENIC; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; PRESERVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEAN; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARROT; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DIFFUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA HYDRIDE GENERATION; LUMBER; METAL UPTAKE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPINACH; WHEAT; WOOD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAUCUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; DAUCUS CAROTA SUBSP. SATIVUS; FAGOPYRUM; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0346373829     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.1730     Document Type: Article

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