Derivation of ecotoxicity thresholds for uranium

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-83

  Sheppard, Steve C ^a   Sheppard, Marsha I ^a   Gallerand, Marie Odile ^b   Sanipelli, Barb ^a  

^a ECOMATTERS INC   (Canada)

^b ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Hardness; PNEC; Predicted no effect concentration; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DOSIMETRY; ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; SOILS; TOXICITY;

BIOTA; CHEMICAL TOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; RADIOLOGICAL TOXICITY;

URANIUM;

URANIUM;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST; URANIUM;

ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LC 50; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 9644281023     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.05.015     Document Type: Article

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