Removal of benzene by the indoor plant/substrate microcosm and implications for air quality

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 193-207

  Orwell, Ralph L ^a   Wood, Ronald L ^a   Tarran, Jane ^a   Torpy, Fraser ^a   Burchett, Margaret D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

benzene; biofiltration; indoor air quality; indoor plants; micro organisms; VOC

Indexed keywords

AIR-BORNE CONTAMINANTS; GASEOUS PHASES; MICROCOSMS; URBAN-DWELLERS;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEST FACILITIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR QUALITY;

BENZENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; GAS SEPARATION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; BIOREMEDIATION; FILTRATION; INDOOR AIR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RHIZOSPHERE;

EID: 4444383529     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000038896.55713.5b     Document Type: Article

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