Toxicity and uptake of cyclic nitramine explosives in ryegrass Lolium perenne

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 199-206

  Rocheleau, Sylvie ^a   Lachance, Bernard ^a   Kuperman, Roman G ^b   Hawari, Jalal ^a   Thiboutot, Sonia ^c   Ampleman, Guy ^c   Sunahara, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CL 20; HMX; Plant uptake; RDX; Translocation pattern

Indexed keywords

CANNING; CLAY MINERALS; EXPLOSIVES; FOOD PRESERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

BIOCONCENTRATION FACTORS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CL-20; CLAY CONTENTS; CYCLIC NITRAMINES; FOOD CHAINS; HMX; IN PLANTS; LOLIUM PERENNE; PERENNIAL RYE GRASS; PLANT UPTAKE; RDX; SANDY LOAM; SANDY SOILS; SOIL ORGANISMS; TRANSLOCATION PATTERN;

SOILS;

2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXANITRO 2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; AMINE; CYCLIC NITRAMINE; CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; OCTAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5,7 TETRAZOCINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; EXPLOSIVE; FOOD CHAIN; GRASS; TOXICITY; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CLAY; ECOTOXICITY; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; SANDY LOAM; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

AZA COMPOUNDS; AZOCINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; LOLIUM; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRIAZINES;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; SASSAFRAS;

EID: 50449098722     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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