Assessment of the water quality of the Oti river in Ghana

West African Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Abdul Razak, A ^a   Asiedu, A B ^b   Entsua Mensah, R E M ^a   DeGraft Johnson, K A A ^a  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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EID: 70450195434     PISSN: 08554307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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