Lead and cadmium levels in soils and cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) along Enugu - Port Harcourt expressway in Nigeria

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2024-2031

  Ano, A O ^a   Odoemelam, S A ^b   Ekwueme, P O ^b  

^a National Root Crops Research Institute   (Nigeria)

^b MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cassava; Expressway; Lead; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 36248971057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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