Phytoremediation of trichloroethylene with hybrid poplars

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 1001-1004

  Gordon, Milton ^a,d   Choe, Nami ^a   Duffy, Jim ^c   Ekuan, Gordon ^b   Heilman, Paul ^b   Muiznieks, Indulis ^b   Ruszaj, Marty ^c   Shurtleff, B Brook ^a   Strand, Stuart ^a   Wilmoth, Jodi ^a   Newman, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Occidental Chemical Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid poplars; Mineralization of TCE; Phytoremediation; Poplars; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRICHLOROETHANOL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMEDIATION; SOIL; TREE; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

EID: 0031713651     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106s41001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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