Method of diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) compared with other soil testing methods to predict uranium phytoavailability

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 542-555

  Vandenhove, H ^a   Antunes, K ^b   Wannijn, J ^a   Duquene L ^a   Van Hees, M ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; DGT; Ryegrass; Soil tests; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; EXTRACTION; PH EFFECTS; SOIL SURVEYS; URANIUM;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS IN THIN FILMS (DGT); PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PORE WATER; RYEGRASS; SOIL TESTS;

THIN FILMS;

ACETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; URANIUM; WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSIVITY; GRASS; POREWATER; PREDICTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEST; TESTING METHOD; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSE GRADIENT IN THIN FILM; DIFFUSION; FILM; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; DIFFUSION; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; LOLIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URANIUM;

LOLIUM;

EID: 33846683917     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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