Heavy metals contamination in sediments of the western part of Egyptian Mediterranean Sea

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 3330-3336

  Ahdy, Hoda H H ^a   Khaled, Azza ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Contamination; Contamination factor; Egypt; Geoaccumulation index; Heavy metal; Mediterranean Sea; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953532147     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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