Studies on defluoridation of water with Eichhornia plants

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 337-339

  Dahiya, Sudhir ^a   Kaur, Amarjeet ^b   Jain, Nalini ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Defluoridation; Eichhornia root; Eichhornia shoot; Fluoride

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFLUORIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EICHHORNIA;

EID: 0033883428     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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