The identification of point sources in a river receiving industrial metal effluents at the serdang industrial area, Selangor

Journal of Sustainability Science and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Yap, C K ^a   Yazdani, M ^a   Tan, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cu and Zn; Geochemical distributions; Resistant and non resistant fractions; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951710952     PISSN: 18238556     EISSN: 26727226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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