Soil contamination, nutritive value, and human health risk assessment of heavy metals: An overview

Toxicity of Heavy Metals to Legumes and Bioremediation

Volumn 9783709107300, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-27

  Oves, Mohammad ^a   Khan, Mohammad Saghir ^a   Zaidi, Almas ^a   Ahmad, Ees ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

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