Lead, cadmium, copper, manganese, and zinc in wetland waters of Victoria lake basin, East Africa

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1003-1010

  Nyangababo, J T ^a   Henry, L ^b   Omutange, E ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; LEAD; MANGANESE; WATER; ZINC; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; METALS, HEAVY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 24344449657     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0679-y     Document Type: Article

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