Transformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in soil in the presence of the earthworm Eisenia andrei

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1473-1480

  Renoux, Agnès Y ^a   Sarrazin, Manon ^a   Hawari, Jalal ^a   Sunahara, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Earthworm; Metabolites; Soil; TNT

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EARTHWORM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EISENIA ANDREI;

EID: 0034120613     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190602     Document Type: Article

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