Studies on the decontamination of air by plants

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-320

  Cornejo, J J ^a   Munoz F G ^a   Ma, C Y ^b   Stewart, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air cleansing by plants; Phytoremediation; VOCs; Volatile organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; PENTANE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CONTAMINATED LAND; POLLUTANT; REMEDIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHLOROPHYTUM COMOSUM; FICUS ELASTICA; KALANCHOE BLOSSFELDIANA; PELARGONIUM DOMESTICUM;

EID: 0033426966     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008937417598     Document Type: Article

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