Arsenic microdistribution and speciation in toenail clippings of children living in a historic gold mining area

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2590-2599

  Pearce, Dora C ^a   Dowling, Kim ^a   Gerson, Andrea R ^b   Sim, Malcolm R ^c   Sutton, Stephen R ^d,e   Newville, Matthew ^d   Russell, Robert ^f   McOrist, Gordon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Children; Soil; Toenail; XANES; XRF

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC SPECIES; ARSENIC UPTAKE; CURRENT LEVELS; GOLD MINERALISATION; GOLD MINING; GROWTH AXIS; IN-SITU; MICRO-PROBES; MICRODISTRIBUTION; MINE WASTES; MOIST CONDITIONS; OXIDATION STATE; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; THIN SECTION; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE; XANES; XANES ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPTH PROFILING; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD MINES; MINING; OXIDATION; SOILS; SULFUR; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ABSORPTION; ARSENIC; GOLD MINE; HEALTH IMPACT; MINE WASTE; MINERALIZATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MINING; NAIL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARSENIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; NAILS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOES;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77951766137     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.039     Document Type: Article

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