Seasonal variations and mechanisms of groundwater nitrate pollution in the Gaza Strip

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-90

  Abu Maila, Y ^a   El Nahal, I ^a   Al Agha, M R ^b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Islamic University   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Gaza; Groundwater; Nitrate; Palestine; Pollution; Strip

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; RAIN; WATER WELLS;

AGRICULTURAL WELLS; DOMESTIC WELLS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; DISEASES; E I S; FERTILIZERS; GROUND WATER; NITRATES; RAIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WORLD;

EID: 12844253355     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1136-7     Document Type: Article

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