Teaching chemistry at Canada's open university

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 183-197

  Kennepohl, Dietmar ^a   Last, Arthur M ^b  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

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EID: 27744471776     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0158791000210111     Document Type: Article

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