Groundwater pollution with special focus on arsenic, Dera Ghazi Khan-Pakistan

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-47

  Malana, Muhammad Aslam ^a   Khosa, Mark A ^b  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Analytical techniques; Arsenic; Dera Ghazi Khan; Groundwater; Total hardness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649737500     PISSN: 13196103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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