Evaluation of water quality pollution indices for heavy metal contamination monitoring. A study case from Akpabuyo-Odukpani area, Lower Cross River Basin (southeastern Nigeria)

GeoJournal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-304

  Edet, A E ^a   Offiong, O E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contamination; Evaluation; Heavy metal; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATION MONITORING;

WATER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; CROSS RIVER; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1642316112     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEJO.0000007250.92458.de     Document Type: Article

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