High-precision Pb isotopic measurements of teeth and environmental samples from Sofia (Bulgaria): Insights for regional lead sources and possible pathways to the human body

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 669-680

  Kamenov, George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human teeth lead; Isotope geochemistry; Lead isotopes; Soil as lead source for humans; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; GASOLINE; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; LEAD ALLOYS; LIQUID FUELS; MINE FLOODING; NATURAL GASOLINE; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOILS;

ALUMOSILICATE; BIOACCESSIBLE; BULGARIA; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; HIGH PRECISION; HUMAN BODIES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; LABILE FRACTIONS; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; LEADED GASOLINE; LOCAL POPULATION; NATURAL SOURCES; PB ISOTOPES; SOIL LEACHATES;

LEAD;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEACHING; LEAD ISOTOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; TOOTH; URBAN AREA;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOFIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 48249124665     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1017-y     Document Type: Article

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