Arsenic biomonitoring using a hyperaccumulator fern (Pteris vittata)

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-25

  Minganti, Vincenzo ^a   Cornara, Laura ^a   Piana, Massimo ^b   Corallo, Antonio ^a   Mariotti, Mauro Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAKE FERN; HYDROPONICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERNS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIS; PTERIS VITTATA;

EID: 1642499159     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b307981c     Document Type: Article

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