Heavy metals contamination in water and sediments of polluted urban rivers in developing countries

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 723-736

  Mohiuddin, K M ^a,b   Ogawa, Y ^c   Zakir, H M ^b   Otomo, K ^a   Shikazono, N ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; Geochemical distribution; Pollution assessment; River water and sediments; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENRICHMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; PARTITIONING; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH; BURIGANGA RIVER;

EID: 80052657295     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03326257     Document Type: Article

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