Water pollution related to agricultural, industrial, and urban activities, and its effects on the food chain: Case studies from punjab

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-137

  Aulakh, Milkha S ^a   Khurana, Mohinder Paul S ^a   Singh, Dhanwinder ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic contamination; Arsenic; Cadmium; Chromium; Geogenic contaminants; Lead; Nickel; Nitrate; Phosphate; Selenium; Sewage effluents; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049148479     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: 15229025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228860902929620     Document Type: Article

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