Relationship between nitrogenous pollution of borehole waters and distances separating them from pit latrines and fertilized fields

Life Science Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 402-407

  Vinger, Basie ^a   Hlophe, Mbhuti ^b   Selvaratnam, Mailoo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

And carcinogenesis; Boreholes; Differential pulse polarography; Fertilized maize fields; Methaemoglobinemia; Nitrogenous pollution; Pit latrines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874868754     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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