Plant/soil concentration ratios for paired field and garden crops, with emphasis on iodine and the role of soil adhesion

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1032-1037

  Sheppard, S C ^a   Long, J M ^a   Sanipelli, B ^a  

^a ECOMATTERS INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Kd; Partition coefficient; Risk assessment; Selenium

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRY PLANTS; FRUIT CROPS; GRAIN CROPS; KD; MINIMUM VALUE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLANT TYPES; ROOT CROPS; SEED CROP; SOIL ADHESION; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; SOLID/LIQUID;

ADHESION; ARSENIC; CROPS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; IODINE; LANTHANIDE; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; ZINC;

CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GARDEN; HEAVY METAL; IODINE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEED; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADHESIVENESS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FRUIT; IODINE; METALS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77957335521     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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