Assessment of heavy metal contamination of agricultural soil around Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ), Bangladesh: Implication of seasonal variation and indices

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 584-601

  Rahman, Syed Hafizur ^a   Khanam, Dilara ^a   Adyel, Tanveer Mehedi ^a   Islam, Mohammad Shahidul ^b   Ahsan, Mohammad Aminul ^b   Akbor, Mohammad Ahedul ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bioaccumulation; Contamination factor; Degree of contamination; Heavy metal; Index of geoaccumulation; Pollution load index; Zero discharge system ETP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892581557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app2030584     Document Type: Article

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