Biotransformation, toxicity and remediation of aromatic nitro compound explosives;Nitrocompuestos aromáticos explosivos: Biotransformación, toxicidad y remediación

Acta Bioquimica Clinica Latinoamericana

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-58

  Casabé, Norma ^a,b   Oneto, María Luisa ^a   Fuchs, Julio ^a,b   Sánchez Rivas, Carmen ^a   Kesten, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aquatic systems and soils; Bioremediation; Biotransformation; Ecotoxicology; Toxicology; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPOST; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; INFORMATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; TOXICOKINETICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FUNGI;

EID: 0037622701     PISSN: 03252957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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