Physical setting and natural sources of exposure to carcinogenic trace elements and radionuclides in Lahontan Valley, Nevada

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 79-86

  Seiler, Ralph ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Polonium 210; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; TUNGSTEN; URANIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FURNACE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANITE; HOUSE DUST; LEUKEMIA; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; VOLCANO; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84859744695     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: 18727786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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