Heavy metals in surface soils under waste dumps from Onitsha Nigeria

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 405-408

  Nwajei, G E ^a   Iwegbue, C M A ^a   Okafor, M I ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Industrial and urban wastes; Metal contaminants; Onitsha metropolis; River Niger; Surface soil

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUMPING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NIGERIA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34250885691     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.405.408     Document Type: Article

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