Nutritive potential of some 'edible' soils in Blantyre city, Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 38-42

  Lakudzala, D D ^a   Khonje, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

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EID: 80054722089     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v23i2.70746     Document Type: Article

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