• Improvement of Cadmium Toxicity Assessment in Sediments under Oxidizing Condition: Incorporating Bioavailability Changes Associated with Iron Oxide Formation

  • Buyun Jeong1, Jinsung An2, and Kyoungphile Nam3*

  • 1Institue for Environment and Energy, Pusan National University
    2Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA
    3Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University

  • 산화 퇴적토 내 카드뮴의 독성 평가 기법 개선: 철 산화물 형성에 따른 생물학적 이용성 변화 반영

  • 정부윤1ㆍ안진성2ㆍ남경필3*

  • 1부산대학교 환경·에너지연구소, 2한양대학교 ERICA 건설환경공학과, 3서울대학교 건설환경공학부

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(6): 73-87

    Published on Dec 31, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.6.073
  • Received on Oct 10, 2025
  • Revised on Oct 17, 2025
  • Accepted on Nov 11, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Kyoungphile Nam

  • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University

  • E-mail: kpnam@snu.ac.kr