Heavy metals contamination of road-deposited sediments

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1231-1236

  Yisa, Jonathan ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Discriminant analysis; Environment; Heavy metals; Multivariate

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049249545     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2010.1231.1236     Document Type: Article

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