Effects, transfer, and fate of RDX from aged soil in plants and worms

Chemosphere

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 616-625

  Best, E P H ^a   Geter, K N ^b   Tatem, H E ^a   Lane, B K ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b Analytical Services Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged soil; Biotransfer; Eisenia; Explosives; Lolium; Medicago

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EXPLOSIVES; MANAGEMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOXIC MATERIALS;

AGED SOIL; BIOTRANSFER; EISENIA; LOLIUM; MEDICAGO;

SOILS;

CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; GREENHOUSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PLANT; PLANT TISSUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WORM;

EISENIA FETIDA; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 28444434445     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.05.039     Document Type: Article

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