Drinking water contamination by chromium and lead in industrial lands of Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 270-274

  Nadeem ul Haq, ^a   Arain, Mubashir Aslam ^b   Haque, Zeba ^a   Badar, Nasira ^b   Mughal, Noman ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; LEAD; POLYETHYLENE; SURFACE WATER; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHROMIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; LEAD; PAKISTAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 65949092205     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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