Heavy metal levels in commonly used traditional medicinal plants

Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 737-743

  Saied, Sumayya ^a   Zahir, Erum ^a   Siddique, Azhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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