Physico-chemical properties of tannery and textile effluents and surface water of river Buriganga and Karnatoli, Bangladesh

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-159

  Ahmed, Md Kawser ^a   Das, Monika ^a   Islam, Md Monirul ^a   Akter, Mosammat Salma ^a   Islam, Shahidul ^b   Al Mansur, Muhammad Abdullah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Physico chemical properties; River buriganga; River karnatoli; Tannery effluent; Textile effluent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871870859     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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