Evaluating the toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles on the dominant bacteria in the sludge of wastewater treatment facilities

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 812-816

  Toolabi, Ali ^a   Khanjani, Narges ^b  

^a Bam Medical University   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Toxicity; Wastewater treatment; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879677594     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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