Assessment of some heavy metals in soils, drinking water, medicinal plants and their liquid extracts

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-573

  Diaconu, Diana ^a   Nastase, Victor ^a   Nǎnǎu, Mara Mihaela ^b   Nechifor, Ovidiu ^c   Nechifor, Elena ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Liceal College of Arts Marin Sorescu   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Medicinal plants; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949117162     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2009.078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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