Remediation techniques for heavy metal-contaminated soils: Principles and applicability

Lianwen Liu; Wei Li; Weiping Song; Mingxin Guo

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.161

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Environmental remediationPhytoremediationEnvironmental scienceContaminated landElectrokinetic remediationSoil contaminationContaminationHuman decontaminationWaste managementBioremediationSoil waterSoil vapor extractionEnvironmental engineeringEnvironmental chemistryChemistrySoil scienceEngineering

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 633
Pages: 206-219
Citations: 1656
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                                    Lianwen Liu, 
                                
                                    Wei Li, 
                                
                                    Weiping Song
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Remediation techniques for heavy metal-contaminated soils: Principles and applicability. 
                            The Science of The Total Environment
                            , 633
                            
                            , 206-219.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.161

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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.161
PMID: 29573687

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