Health risk assessment of trihalomethanes from tap water in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-219

  Karim, Zahida ^a   Mumtaz, Majid ^a   Kamal, Tuba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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EID: 79960196147     PISSN: 02535106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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