Field-based detection and monitoring of uranium in contaminated groundwater using two immunosensors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6703-6709

  Melton, Scott J ^a   Yu, Haini ^a   Williams, Kenneth H ^b   Morris, Sarah A ^c   Long, Philip E ^d   Blake, Diane A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SM Stoller Corporation   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DETECTION LEVELS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS; FIELD RESEARCH; FIELD-BASED MONITORING; IN-LINE; IN-LINE SENSORS; MULTIPLE SAMPLES; PORTABLE SENSORS; POWER SOURCES; SENSOR PLATFORM; SINGLE SAMPLE; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMMUNOSENSORS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; POTABLE WATER; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

SENSORS;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHENANTHROLINE DERIVATIVE; URANIUM;

DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMMUNOASSAY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SENSOR; STANDARD (REGULATION); URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOSENSOR; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FRESH WATER; IMMUNOASSAY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENANTHROLINES; RADIATION MONITORING; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549115115     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9007239     Document Type: Article

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