pXRF Skeletal Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Environmental Exposure to Lajes Field–Derived Contaminants (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal) pXRF Skeletal Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Environmental Exposure to Lajes Field–Derived Contaminants (Terceira island, Azores, Portugal)

Lajes Field is an Atlantic Portuguese military air base that has been used by the USA since the Cold War, primarily for intercontinental refueling. For this purpose, large fuel tanks and an extensive pipeline network were constructed within the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island, A...

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Published in:	Biological trace element research Vol. 203; no. 11; pp. 5515 - 5526
Main Authors:	Rodrigues, Félix, Rodrigues, António Félix, Matos, Vítor, Mendes, Armando, Ferreira, Maria Teresa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01.11.2025 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adult Antimony Aquifers Azores Biochemistry Biomedical and Life Sciences Biotechnology Bone and Bones - chemistry Cadmium Cancer Chromium Contaminants Contamination Diagenesis Environmental Exposure - analysis Environmental Monitoring - methods Exposure Female Fluorescence Fuel tanks Gold Groundwater Health risks Humans Hydrocarbons Invasions Life Sciences Male Metals Military air facilities Molybdenum Nutrition Oncology Portugal Principal components analysis Risk assessment Soil Soil contamination Soil Pollutants - analysis Soil pollution Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission - methods Storage tanks Tanks Tin VOCs Volatile organic compounds X-ray fluorescence Zirconium Azores Portugal United States > US Terceira Environmental contamination X-ray fluorescence CEI/Açores Human skeletal remains
ISSN:	1559-0720, 0163-4984, 1559-0720
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