Phytoremediation of munitions (RDX, TNT) waste by a hybrid poplar

ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 126-127

  Thompson, Phillip L ^a   Schnoor, Jerald L ^a  

^a The University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 0004442212     PISSN: 00933066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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