Removal of uranium from water using terrestrial plants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3468-3474

  Dushenkov, Slavik ^a   Vasudev, Dev ^a   Kapulnik, Yoram ^a   Gleba, Doloressa ^b   Fleisher, David ^b   Ting, K C ^b   Ensley, Burt ^a  

^a Phytotech Inc   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); URANIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION COEFFICIENTS; RHIZOFILTRATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION; SEPARATION; URANIUM;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIORMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; STREAMWATER; SUNFLOWER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; PLANT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0031470077     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es970220l     Document Type: Article

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