Heavy metal pollution from phosphate rock used for the production of fertilizer in Pakistan

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-99

  Sabiha Javied, ^a   Mehmood, T ^a   Chaudhry, M M ^a   Tufail, M ^a   Irfan, N ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS); Heavy metals; Pakistan; Phosphate rock; Pollutants

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149098029     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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