Phytoremediation: A technology using green plants to remove contaminants from polluted areas

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 173-188

  Garbisu, Carlos ^a   Hernández Allica, Javier ^a   Barrutia, Oihana ^a   Alkorta, Itziar ^a   Becerril, José M ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chelating agents; Environmental pollution; Hyperaccumulators

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; EXPLOSIVE; INSECTICIDE; METAL DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; METAL RECOVERY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SHOOT; SOIL; TECHNOLOGY;

VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0036661671     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2002.17.3.173     Document Type: Article

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