Soil heavy metal pollution along Subin River in Kumasi, Ghana; Using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1221, Issue , 2010, Pages 101-108

  Kodom, K ^a   Wiafe Akenten, J ^a   Boamah, D ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Contamination; Heavy metals; Pollution; Soil; Threshold Limit Values (TLVs); Toxicity; X Ray fluorescence (XRF)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957997009     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3399235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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