The fate of arsenic in soil-plant systems

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 215, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-37

  Moreno Jiménez, Eduardo ^a   Esteban, Elvira ^a   Peñalosa, Jesús M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOLUBILITY;

ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

EID: 82055184049     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1463-6_1     Document Type: Article

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