Impact assessment of lead on water quality of river Ganga in West Bengal, India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1012-1019

  Dutta, S ^a   Kole, R K ^a,b   Ghosh, S ^a   Nath, D ^a   Vass, K K ^a  

^a ICAR CENTRAL INLAND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD; RIVER WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; LEAD; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 30644463111     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0850-5     Document Type: Article

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