Using lichen chemistry to assess airborne tungsten and cobalt in Fallon, Nevada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 511-518

  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

Childhood leukemia; Cobalt; Fallon, Nevada; Lichen chemistry; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSTRATES; TUNGSTEN;

AIRBORNE COBALT; AIRBORNE TUNGSTEN; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; LICHEN CHEMISTRY; ROCK OUTCROPS; ROCK SUBSTRATES;

LANDFORMS;

COBALT; TUNGSTEN;

AIR QUALITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; LICHEN; OUTCROP; TUNGSTEN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMISTRY; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; ROCK; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COBALT; LICHENS; NEVADA; TUNGSTEN;

FALLON; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249877156     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9440-1     Document Type: Article

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