Metals pollution in freshly deposited sediments from river Mingoa, main tributary to the Municipal lake of Yaounde, Cameroon

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-347

  Léopold, Ekengele Nga ^a   Jung, Myung Chae ^b   Auguste, Ombolo ^a   Ngatcha, Ngounou ^a   Georges, Ekodeck ^c   Lape, Mbome ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Metals pollution; Municipal lake; Sediments; Yaounde

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349091313     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-008-0034-5     Document Type: Article

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