Health Risk Assessment of Exposure to Metals in a Nigerian Water Supply

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-44

  Adewuyi, Gregory Olufemi ^a   Etchie, Ayotunde Titilayo ^a   Etchie, Tunde Ogbemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

carcinogenic; chronic; hazard quotient; oncological; systemic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886907912     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.691407     Document Type: Article

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