Aftermath of the long-term application of sludge and water from a sewage treatment plant to a lemon tree (Citrus limon) plantation

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-43

  Menti, J ^a   Roulia, M ^a   Tsadilas, E ^b   Christodoulakis, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Goulandris Natural History Museum   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LEMON; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; PLANTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CITRUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 30844432206     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0886-6     Document Type: Article

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