Concentration levels of major and trace metals in onion (Allium cepa L.) and irrigation water around Meki Town and Lake Ziway, Ethiopia

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-42

  Kitata, Reta Birhanu ^a   Chandravanshi, Bhagwan Singh ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Irrigation water; Lake Ziway; Metals; Onion (Allium cepa L.; Well water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855705862     PISSN: 10113924     EISSN: 1726801X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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