The composition of surfactants in river water and its influence to the amount of surfactants in drinking water

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 970-975

  Hanif, Norfazrin Mohd ^a   Adnan, Siti Nurul Nadiah ^a   Latif, Mohd Talib ^a   Zakaria, Zuriati ^a   Abdullahand, Md Pauzi ^a   Othman, Mohd Rozali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic sources; Treated and untreated water; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861921395     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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