Ability of phytoremediation for absorption of strontium and cesium from soils using Cannabis sativa

International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hoseini, Parisa Seyed ^a   Poursafa, Parinaz ^b   Moattar, Faramarz ^a   Amin, Mohammad Mehdi ^b   Rezaei, Amir Hossein ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cannabis sativa; cesium; phytoremediation; radioactive materials; strontium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890560873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22779183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2277-9183.96004     Document Type: Article

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