Environmental impact of tannery effluents on heavy metal phytotoxicity and health hazards

Journal of Industrial Pollution Control

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-142

  Sharma, D C ^a   Srivastava, P C ^a   Johri, B N ^a   Chandra, P ^b  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Phytotoxicity; Tannery waste; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010283226     PISSN: 09702083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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