| Title: |
Advances in Assessing Bioavailability of Metal(Loid)s in Contaminated Soils.
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> journal article
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| Country: |
USA
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| Year: |
2009 |
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Advances in Agronomy 104 1-52
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Kirk G. Scheckel
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
Rufus L. Chaney, Nicholas T. Basta, James A. Ryan
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| Author / Producer Type: |
University research group / research institute
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Heavy metals
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Toxicological information
Diffuse pollution-->Processes
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| Short description: |
EXTRACT: Bioavailability issues surrounding metal-contaminated soils and media have been an area of intense research. For obvious ethical reasons, we cannot solicit humans, in particular the sensitive population of children, from the general population for experimental purposes to examine the long-term harmful effect of metals in soils. However, some adult human feeding studies have been accomplished under tight medical supervision and with very small doses. One option to understand and relate bioavailability in humans is to employ animal surrogates; however, the physiology of most animals is different than that of humans but good correlations have been achieved despite the dose–response paradigm not being identical.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 03/11/2009
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