Arsenic speciation in Portuguese in situ lichen samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2123-2127

  Farinha, M M ^a   Freitas, M C ^b   Slejkovec Z ^c   Wolterbeek, H Th ^d  

^a ISQ   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d Interuniversity Reactor Institute Delft   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air Pollution; Arsenic; Lichen; Sources; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ARSENIC CONTENT; ARSENIC SPECIATION; CATIONIC FORMS; DIMETHYLARSINIC ACIDS; EXTRACTABILITY; HIGH LOADINGS; IN-SITU; LICHEN; SOURCES; SPECIATION;

AIR QUALITY; DYES;

ARSENIC;

ANION; ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; CATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; LICHENS; PORTUGAL;

EID: 70349980377     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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