Effects of tungsten on environmental systems

Chemosphere

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 248-258

  Strigul, Nikolay ^a   Koutsospyros, Agamemnon ^b   Arienti, Per ^c   Christodoulatos, Christos ^d   Dermatas, Dimitris ^d   Braida, Washington ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^c Environmental Technology Division   (United States)

^d Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Plant growth; Toxicity; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

AMMUNITION; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; PROTEINS; SOLIDIFICATION; TOXICITY;

FUNGAL BIOMASS; MILITARY AMMUNITION; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL ACIDIFICATION;

TUNGSTEN;

ALLOY; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TUNGSTEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; POLLUTANT; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT; POWDER; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOLUBILITY; WORM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 24944438283     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.01.083     Document Type: Article

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