Long-term application of sludge and water from a sewage treatment plant and the aftermath on the almond trees (Prunus dulcis)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1021-1030

  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

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ALMOND; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

GREECE; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT LEAVES; PRUNUS; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 33746210040     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1020-0     Document Type: Article

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