Phytoremediation of metals: Using plants to remove pollutants from the environment

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-226

  Raskin, Ilya ^a   Smith, Robert D ^a   Salt, David E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; HEAVY METAL; METAL;

CHELATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030907723     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80106-1     Document Type: Article

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