Heavy metal pollution assessment in various industries of Pakistan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-358

  Rehman, Wajid ^a   Zeb, Akif ^a   Noor, Nayyara ^a   Nawaz, Mohsan ^a  

^a HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Heavy metals; Industry; Lead; Pakistan; Pollution; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CALCIUM; CANNING; COPPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLAME SPRAYING; FOOD PRESERVATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; IRON; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OIL SPILLS; RUNOFF; SODIUM; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (AAS); DRAINED WATER; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FLAME EMISSION; FOOD CHAINS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL ESTATE; INDUSTRIAL ZONES; PAKISTAN; PURE WATER; SPRINGER (CO); TOXIC METALS; ZACATECAS , MEXICO;

POLLUTION;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; IRRIGATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 46249084349     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0980-7     Document Type: Article

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