Differences in the bioaccessibility of metals/metalloids in soils from mining and smelting areas (Copperbelt, Zambia)

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-75

  Ettler, Vojtěch ^a   Kříbek, Bohdan ^b   Majer, Vladimír ^b   Knésl, Ilja ^b   Mihaljevič, Martin ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioaccessibility; Copperbelt; Metals; Topsoil; Zambia

Indexed keywords

BIOACCESSIBILITY; COPPERBELT; GASTRIC FLUIDS; IN-VITRO; MINING AREAS; SMELTER DUST; TOPSOIL; ZAMBIA;

AMINO ACIDS; ARSENIC; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LEAD; LEAD SMELTING; METALS; ZINC; ZINC SMELTING;

COPPER;

ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; LEAD; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEST; TOPSOIL; ZINC;

COPPERBELT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84856224781     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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