Sustainability in environmental remediation

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1987-1996

  Fortuna, Maria Emiliana ^a   Simion, Isabela Maria ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Bioremediation; Environment; Green remediation; Indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855471284     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2011.264     Document Type: Article

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