The role of technology and policy in mitigating regional nitrogen pollution

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gu, Baojing ^a,b   Zhu, Yimei ^a,b   Chang, Jie ^a,b   Peng, Changhui ^c,d   Liu, Dong ^a   Min, Yong ^a   Luo, Weidong ^b   Howarth, Robert W ^e   Ge, Ying ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; constructed wetland; developing country; fertilization; wastewater treatment; water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952958346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014011     Document Type: Article

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