Assessment of drain water receiving effluent from tanneries and its impact on soil and plants with particular emphasis on bioaccumulation of heavy metals

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 685-690

  Sahu, R K ^a   Katiyar, S ^a   Tiwari, Jaya ^a   Kisku, G C ^b  

^a CSJM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Heavy metal and enrichment; Tannery effluents

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARD (REGULATION); WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEATHER INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BOS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 34547598037     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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