Nitrate pollution in groundwater in two selected areas from Cameroon and Chad in the Lake Chad basin

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 722-733

  Ngatcha, Benjamin Ngounou ^a   Daira, Djoret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^b University of N'Djamena   (Chad)

Author keywords

Agricultural activities; Cameroon; Chad; Groundwater; Lake Chad basin; Nitrate; Septic tanks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958088986     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.017     Document Type: Article

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