Bioaccessibility of uranium in soil samples from Port Hope, Ontario, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 9012-9018

  Jovanovic, Slobodan V ^a   Pan, Pujing ^a   Wong, Larry ^a  

^a CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCESSIBILITY; CARBONATE IONS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; IN-VITRO; INTESTINAL FLUID; ONTARIO , CANADA; PHYSIOLOGICALLY BASED EXTRACTION TESTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL SAMPLE; URANIUM-BEARING PARTICLE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS;

URANIUM;

CARBONIC ACID; URANIUM;

BIOAVAILABILITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANADA; EXTRACTION; INTESTINE FLUID; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ONTARIO; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PORT HOPE;

EID: 84865527638     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3021217     Document Type: Article

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