A snapshot of environmental iodine and selenium in La Pampa and San Juan provinces of Argentina

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-93

  Watts, M J ^a   O'Reilly, J ^a,b   Maricelli, A ^b   Coleman, A ^a,b   Ander, E L ^a   Ward, N I ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Goitre; ICP MS; Iodine deficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANDEAN REGION; ARGENTINA; DRINKING WATER; GOITRE; ICP-MS; IODINE CONCENTRATION; MOBILE WATER; ORGANIC CONTENT; RAW WATER; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL AND WATER; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TREATMENT WORKS;

AGRICULTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GROUNDWATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; POTABLE WATER; SELENIUM; SOILS; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER CONTENT;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IODINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SELENIUM;

ARGENTINA; LA PAMPA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA];

EID: 78649326304     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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