Heavy metals in drinking water and human health, Egypt

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-217

  Badr, Eman A E ^a   Agrama, Asmaa A E ^b   Badr, Safaa A E ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Contamination; Egypt; Haematology; Heavy metals; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957811706     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346651111132484     Document Type: Article

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