Heavy elements in the phosphorite from Kalaat Khasba mine (North-western Tunisia): Potential implications on the environment and human health

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 232-245

  Silva, Eduardo Ferreira da ^a   Mlayah, Ammar ^b   Gomes, Celso ^a   Noronha, Fernando ^c   Charef, Abdelkrim ^b   Sequeira, Cristina ^a   Esteves, Valdemar ^a   Marques, Ana Raquel Figueiredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Geochemical partitioning; Heavy elements; Human health; Phosphate fertilizer; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CD CONCENTRATIONS; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; DIFFERENT SIZES; GENERAL TRENDS; GEOCHEMICAL PARTITIONING; HEAVY ELEMENTS; HUMAN HEALTH; MOBILISATION; TUNISIA;

CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS;

HEALTH;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CERIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DYSPROSIUM; ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; HOLMIUM; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LUTETIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NEODYMIUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHATE; PRASEODYMIUM; RAIN; SAMARIUM; STRONTIUM; TERBIUM; THULIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; URANIUM; YTTERBIUM; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MINE WASTE; MOBILIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORITE; SHALE; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL POLLUTION; TUNISIA; WIND;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATES; TUNISIA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

TUNISIA;

EID: 77955654194     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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