An assessment of heavy metals loading in River Benue in the Makurdi Metropolitan Area in Central Nigeria

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201-207

  Eneji, Ishaq S ^a   Sha'Ato, Rufus ^a   Annune, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contamination; Heavy metals; Nigeria; River Benue; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; HEAVY METALS LOADING; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METALS CONCENTRATIONS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES; NIGERIA; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL SOLIDS; WATER SAMPLES;

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METROPOLITAN AREA; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NIGERIA; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; NIGERIA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BENUE; MAKURDI; NIGERIA;

EID: 82255192008     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1959-0     Document Type: Article

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