Arsenic status and distribution in soils at disused cattle dip in South Africa

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-383

  Okonkwo, Jonathan Okechukwu ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cattle dip; Distribution; Soil

Indexed keywords

AL HYDROXIDES; CATTLE DIPS; RESIDUAL FRACTIONS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ARSENIC;

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ARSENIC; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CARBONATES; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROXIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

BOS;

EID: 35248821778     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9255-y     Document Type: Article

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