Using soil health to assess ecotoxicological impacts of pollutants on soil microflora

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 188, Issue , 2006, Pages 127-148

  Bécaert, Valérie ^a   Deschênes, Louise ^a  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33746025778     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-32964-2_4     Document Type: Review

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