Reply to comment on "Elevated tungsten and cobalt in airborne particulates in Fallon, Nevada: Possible implications for the childhood leukemia cluster", by Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc.

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1086-1091

  Sheppard, Paul R ^a   Speakman, Robert J ^b   Ridenour, Gary ^c   Witten, Mark L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DISEASES; DUST; MASS TRANSFER; METAL ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATES; FALLON; LEUKEMIA;

TUNGSTEN;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COBALT; TUNGSTEN;

FALLON; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646861163     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.04.001     Document Type: Note

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