Contents of heavy metals in some soils of the Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania, as a result of cottage-scale metal working operations

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-383

  Mmbaga, T M ^a   Semu, E ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Metal working; Soils; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033046187     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207239908711211     Document Type: Article

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