Heavy metal concentrations in soils and leachetes of Mtoni dumpsite bordering the Indian Ocean in Dar es salaam, Tanzania

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2143-2147

  Shemdoe, Riziki Silas ^a  

^a ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bio accumulation; Marine organisms; Pollutants; Tanzania; Toxic elements; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957984556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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