Pollution level analysis in tannery effluents collected from three different cities of Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 418-421

  Bhalli, Javed A ^a   Khan, Qaiser M ^b  

^a PAEC Boys College   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

BOD; Chromium concentration; COD; Pollution level analysis; Tannery effluents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646231770     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.418.421     Document Type: Article

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