Impact of sugar-processing effluents and domestic wastes on the water quality of Mingoala River in Mbandjock, Cameroon

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1364, 1999, Pages 447-460

  Tchounwou, Paul B ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SUGAR FACTORIES; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

DOMESTIC WASTES;

WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0033359910     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp15821s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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