Screening evaluation of the ecological risks to terrestrial wildlife associated with a coal ash disposal site

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 637-656

  Sample, Bradley E ^a,b   Suter II, Glenn W ^a,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Coal ash; Ecological risk assessment; Mercury; Selenium; Soil ingestion; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRINAE; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS; SORICIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 17444385487     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030290879880     Document Type: Article

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