Assessment of drinking water collected from refugee camps in India for toxic lead and copper levels by flame atomic absorption spectrometry

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-31

  Nathan, Risha Jasmine ^a   Sharma, P ^a   Nathan, Lily Saroj ^b   Theju Kumar, C ^a  

^a Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science   (India)

^b EWING CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometry; Copper; Drinking water; Lead; Refugee camps; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REFUGEE CAMP; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84930829543     PISSN: 09739122     EISSN: 09739130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5958/j.0973-9130.8.1.006     Document Type: Article

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