Uranium

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3662-3665

  Harper, R M ^a   Kantar, C ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alpha radiation; Natural Organic Matter; Nephrotoxicant; pH; Radionuclide; Redox chemistry; Route of exposure; Solution chemistry; Toxicity; Transport; Uranium; Uranyl

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960750110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00434-1     Document Type: Chapter

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