Assessment of groundwater quality in a typical rural settlement in southwest Nigeria

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-318

  Adekunle, I M ^a   Adetunji, M T ^a   Gbadebo, A M ^a   Banjoko, O B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Pollution; Rural settlement; Southwest Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GROUND WATER; LEAD; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NIGERIA; POLLUTION; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 38149110406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph200704040007     Document Type: Article

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