Landfill leachate-induced toxicity in mice

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-435

  Bakare, A A ^a   Mosuro, A A ^b   Osibanjo, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Albino mice; Dump sites; Raw and simulated leachate

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

LEACHATE; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUMPING; HEALTH HAZARD; LANDFILL; LC 50; LEACHING; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; SOLID WASTE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141513853     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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