Toxicity of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene (BTEX) Mixtures to Sorghum bicolor and Cucumis sativus

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1006-1011

  An, Y J ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CUCUMBER; GERMINATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT ROOT; SORGHUM;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 1942534093     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0343-y     Document Type: Article

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