Contribution for the derivation of a soil screening value (SSV) for uranium, using a natural reference soil.

In order to regulate the management of contaminated land, many countries have been deriving soil screening values (SSV). However, the ecotoxicological data available for uranium is still insufficient and incapable to generate SSVs for European soils. In this sense, and so as to make up for this shor...

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Main Authors: Ana Luisa Caetano, Catarina R Marques, Ana Gavina, Fernando Carvalho, Fernando Gonçalves, Eduardo Ferreira da Silva, Ruth Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4212963?pdf=render