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1439
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Overview

Scott D. Young is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within Environmental Science and Nursing, with significant contributions to Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Plant Science, and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology.

Their scholarly work addresses key topics including Heavy metals in the environment, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, Selenium in Biological Systems, Trace Elements in Health, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, and Mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Recent research publications include:

  • "The nutritional quality of cereals varies geospatially in Ethiopia and Malawi," 2021, Nature
  • "Do arsenic levels in rice pose a health risk to the UK population?", 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • "Selenium deficiency risks in sub-Saharan African food systems and their geospatial linkages," 2020, Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • "A new hypothesis for the origin of Amazonian Dark Earths," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Zinc deficiency is highly prevalent and spatially dependent over short distances in Ethiopia," 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Scott D. Young include Elizabeth H. Bailey, Martin R. Broadley, R. M. Lark, E. Louise Ander, and Edward J. M. Joy.

Their articles have appeared repeatedly in prominent publication venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Nutrition.

Best Publications

  • Dietary calcium and zinc deficiency risks are decreasing but remain prevalent

    Diriba B. Kumssa;Edward J. M. Joy;E. Louise Ander;Michael J. Watts

  • Assessing potential risk of heavy metal exposure from consumption of home-produced vegetables by urban populations.

    Rupert L Hough;Neil Breward;Scott D Young;Neil M J Crout

  • Physiological evidence for a high-affinity cadmium transporter highly expressed in a Thlaspi caerulescens ecotype

    E. Lombi;F. J. Zhao;S. P. McGrath;S. D. Young

  • Selenium biofortification of high-yielding winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by liquid or granular Se fertilisation

    Martin R. Broadley;John Alcock;James Alford;Paul Cartwright

  • Competitive adsorption of humus acids and phosphate on goethite, gibbsite and two tropical soils

    H. M. Sibanda;S. D. Young

  • Assessing risk to human health from tropical leafy vegetables grown on contaminated urban soils

    G. Nabulo;S.D. Young;C.R. Black

  • Dietary mineral supplies in Africa

    Edward J M Joy;E Louise Ander;Scott D Young;Colin R Black

  • Agronomic biofortification of maize with selenium (Se) in Malawi

    Allan D.C. Chilimba;Scott D. Young;Colin R. Black;Mark C. Meacham

  • Measurement and dynamic modeling of trace metal mobilization in soils using DGT and DIFS.

    Helmut Ernstberger;William Davison;Hao Zhang;and Andrew Tye

  • Desorption Kinetics of Cd, Zn, and Ni Measured in Soils by DGT

    Ernstberger H;Zhang H;Tye A;Young S

  • Predicting the transfer of radiocaesium from organic soils to plants using soil characteristics.

    J.P. Absalom;S.D. Young;N.M.J. Crout;A. Sanchez

  • Soil type influences crop mineral composition in Malawi.

    Edward J.M. Joy;Edward J.M. Joy;Martin R. Broadley;Scott D. Young;Colin R. Black

  • Maize grain and soil surveys reveal suboptimal dietary selenium intake is widespread in Malawi

    Allan D. C. Chilimba;Scott D. Young;Colin R. Black;Katie B. Rogerson

  • Zinc-enriched fertilisers as a potential public health intervention in Africa

    Edward J. M. Joy;Edward J. M. Joy;Alexander J. Stein;Scott D. Young;E. Louise Ander

  • Predicting soil to plant transfer of radiocesium using soil characteristics

    J.P. Absalom;S.D. Young;N.M.J. Crout;A.F. Nisbet

  • Iodine dynamics in soils

    W.H. Shetaya;S.D. Young;M.J. Watts;E.L. Ander

  • The nutritional quality of cereals varies geospatially in Ethiopia and Malawi.

    D. Gashu;Patson Cleoups Nalivata;T. Amede;E.L. Ander

  • The solidsolution equilibria of lead and cadmium in polluted soils

    M. Jopony;S.D. Young

  • Trace metal uptake by tropical vegetables grown on soil amended with urban sewage sludge.

    G. Nabulo;C.R. Black;S.D. Young

  • Soil-type influences human selenium status and underlies widespread selenium deficiency risks in Malawi.

    Rachel Hurst;Edwin W.P. Siyame;Scott D. Young;Allan D.C. Chilimba

  • Methods for determining labile cadmium and zinc in soil.

    S. D. Young;A. Tye;A. Carstensen;L. Resende

  • Predicting the activity of Cd2+ and Zn2+ in soil pore water from the radio-labile metal fraction

    A.M Tye;S.D Young;N.M.J Crout;H Zhang

  • Chromium speciation in foodstuffs: a review

    Elliott M. Hamilton;Scott D. Young;Elizabeth H. Bailey;Michael J. Watts

  • Does consumption of leafy vegetables grown in peri-urban agriculture pose a risk to human health?

    G. Nabulo;C.R. Black;J. Craigon;S.D. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin R. Broadley
Martin R. Broadley Rothamsted Research
Neil M.J. Crout
Neil M.J. Crout University of Nottingham
Michael J. Watts
Michael J. Watts British Geological Survey
Steve P. McGrath
Steve P. McGrath Rothamsted Research
Colin R. Black
Colin R. Black University of Nottingham
Philip J. White
Philip J. White James Hutton Institute
Hao Zhang
Hao Zhang Lancaster University
Susan J. Fairweather-Tait
Susan J. Fairweather-Tait University of East Anglia
Rosalind S. Gibson
Rosalind S. Gibson University of Otago
R. M. Lark
R. M. Lark University of Nottingham

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