Preliminary findings of chemistry and bioaccessibility in base metal smelter slags

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-42

  Morrison, Anthony L ^a   Gulson, Brian L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

As; Bioaccessibility; Cd; Pb; Slag; Zn

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DISSOLUTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; LEAD; ORES; PARTICLE SIZE; SMELTING; ZINC;

BIOACCESSIBILITY; METAL SMELTER SLAGS;

SLAGS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; ZINC;

BASE METAL; CHEMISTRY; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEACHING; LEAD; PARISH REGISTER; SLAG; SMELTING; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEACHING; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAG; SMELTER;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; METALLURGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPSIN A; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE MACQUARIE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 34249986061     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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