Water-quality issues in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: A look at heavy metal levels and some physicochemical properties

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-246

  Nduka, John Kanayochukwu ^a   Orisakwe, Orish Ebere ^b  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acidity; Heavy metals; Niger Delta; Nigeria; Pollution; Salinity; Surface water

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ACIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; HEAVY METAL; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NIGERIA; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASON; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METALS, HEAVY; NIGERIA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEASONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 79551511111     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0366-3     Document Type: Article

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