Phytoaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Natural Plants Thriving on Wastewater Effluent at Hattar Industrial Estate, Pakistan

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 154-158

  Irshad, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^b   Pervez, Arshid ^a   Inoue, Mitsuhiro ^c  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b KPK   (Pakistan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

heavy metals; industrial wastewater; natural plants; phytoaccumulation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; PAKISTAN; PLANT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; PAKISTAN; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84909954375     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2013.862208     Document Type: Article

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