Analysis of physiochemical parameters to evaluate the drinking water quality in the state of perak, Malaysia

Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rahmanian, N ^a   Ali, Siti Hajar Bt ^b   Homayoonfard, M ^b   Ali, N J ^b   Rehan, M ^c   Sadef, Y ^d   Nizami, A S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

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EID: 84926625037     PISSN: 20909063     EISSN: 20909071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/716125     Document Type: Article

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