Changes in the phytoremediation potential of indoor plants with exposure to toluene

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1646-1649

  Kim, Kwang Jin ^a   Yoo, Eun Ha ^a   Jeong, Myeong Il ^a   Song, Jeong Seob ^a   Lee, Seung Youn ^a   Kays, Stanley J ^b  

^a Rural Development Administration   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; VOCs; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255196021     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.12.1646     Document Type: Article

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