Arsenic in rural groundwater in Ghana

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-470

  Smedley, Pauline L ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SULPHIDE MINERAL;

GHANA;

EID: 0030484921     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-5362(96)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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