Uptake of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) by the earthworm Eisenia fetida through dermal contact

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 295-299

  Gong, Ping ^a   Escalon, B Lynn ^a   Hayes, Charolett A ^a   Perkins, Edward J ^b  

^a SpecPro   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Critical body burden; HPLC; Lethality; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL BODY BURDEN; DERMAL CONTACTS; EARTHWORM; LETHALITY;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

EXPLOSIVE; HEXANITROHEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; EXPLOSIVE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; AZA COMPOUNDS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; OLIGOCHAETA; SKIN; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EISENIA FETIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 36549057052     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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