Biodegradable chelating agents for industrial, domestic, and agricultural applications—a review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11893-11906

  Pinto, Isabel S S ^a   Neto, Isabel F F ^a   Soares, Helena M V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodegradability; Chelating agents; Industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893835565     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2592-6     Document Type: Article

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