Rock phosphates and P fertilizers as sources of U contamination in agricultural soils

Uranium in the Environment: Mining Impact and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 57-67

  Kratz, Sylvia ^a   Schnug, Ewald ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANURES; MINERALS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; FARMYARD MANURE; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; P FERTILIZERS; ROCK PHOSPHATE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84874971663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28367-6_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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