Level of heavy metals in the foliage of naturally growing plants collected from Korangi and Landhi industrial areas of Karachi City, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 785-789

  Atiq Ur Rehman, Syed ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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ABUTILON INDICUM; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SENNA; SENNA HOLOSERICEA;

EID: 49349103296     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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