Phytoextraction of soil polluted by inorganic mercury compounds enhanced by addition of EDTA

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 583-587

  Smolinska, Beata ^a   Cedzynska, Krystyna ^a  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contamination of soils; EDTA; Mercury; Phytoextraction; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORIDE; EDTA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITRATE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SULFATE;

LEPIDIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 33746340274     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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