Assessment of heavy metal concentration (Fe, Ni, Cu and Hg) in sediment from north of Persian Gulf, Mahshahr coast

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 718-721

  Bagher Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Parsa, Yaghoob ^a   Hosseini, Mehdi ^b   Narges Nabavi, Seyedeh ^b  

^a Khoramshahr Marine Science and Technology University   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Khuzestan; Pollution; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892969641     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.28.05.1529     Document Type: Article

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