Wastewater toxicity of tannin- versus chromium-based leather tanneries in Marrakesh, Morocco

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-328

  De Nicola, E ^a   Meric S ^b   Della Rocca, C ^b   Gallo, M ^c   Iaccarino, M ^a   Manini, P ^d   Petruzzelli, D ^e   Belgiorno, V ^b   Cheggour, M ^f   Di Gennaro, A ^c   Moukrim, A ^g   Tunay O ^h   Pagano, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c Campania Regional Agency for Environmental Protection (ARPAC)   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^f MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY IN RABAT   (Morocco)

^g IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^h ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; TANNIN;

BIOASSAY; CHROMIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MICROALGA; MORTALITY; TANNIN; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO MORTALITY; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MICROALGA; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEA URCHIN; SPERM; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMIUM; DAPHNIA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MALE; SEA URCHINS; TANNING; TANNINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; MARRAKECH [(CTY) MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ]; MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 34548336962     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0181-5     Document Type: Article

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