Trees as reservoirs for amphibole fibers in Libby, Montana

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 460-465

  Ward, Tony J ^a   Spear, Terry ^b   Hart, Julie ^b   Noonan, Curtis ^a   Holian, Andrij ^a   Getman, Myron ^c   Webber, James S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Asbestos; Electron microscopy; Fibers; Libby; Montana; Tree bark

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CONTAMINATION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMPHIBOLE; AMPHIBOLE FIBERS; LIBBY; MONTANA; TREE BARK;

FIBERS;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS FIBER; VERMICULITE;

AMPHIBOLE; RESERVOIR; TREE;

ARTICLE; BARK; CITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRAVIMETRY; HARVEST; LOGGING; MINING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUANTUM YIELD; RESERVOIR; SAMPLE; SHIPPING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINING; MONTANA; TREES;

LIBBY; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745993996     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.03.041     Document Type: Article

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