Concentration and distribution of some heavy metals in urban soils of Ibadan, Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 397-401

  Umoren, I U ^a,b   Onianwa, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Environment pollution; Heavy metals; Metal contamination; Metal polluted soil

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBURBAN AREA;

AFRICA; IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646008563     PISSN: 00309885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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