Levels and speciation of heavy metals in some rivers in South Africa

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1123-1130

  Okonkwo, J O ^a   Mothiba, M ^a   Awofolu, O R ^a   Busari, O ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; DISTILLATION; FILTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 30644464705     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0865-y     Document Type: Article

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