Distribution of selected trace constituents in the ground water of Kuwait

Advances in Environmental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 367-380

  Al Alwadi, E ^a   Mukhopadhyay, A ^a   Akber, A ^a   Hadi, K ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Ground water; Nitrate content; Trace constituents

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITRATES; WATER WELLS;

TRACE CONSTITUENTS;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; BORON; CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHROMIUM; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITRITE; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EOCENE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDROLOGY; KUWAIT; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0037266953     PISSN: 10930191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1093-0191(02)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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