Application of composted sewage sludges contaminated with heavy metals to an agricultural soil: Effect on lettuce growth

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 565-573

  Moreno, José Luis ^a   García, Carlos ^a   Hernández, Teresa ^a   Ayuso, Miguel ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Lettuce yield; Metal bioavailability index; Sewage sludge composts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; GROWTH; HEAVY METAL; LETTUCE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

EID: 0031403701     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1997.10414783     Document Type: Article

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