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Assessment of pollution levels, potential ecological risk and human health risk of heavy metals/metalloids in dust around fuel filling stations from the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

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Article: 1412153 | Received 17 Aug 2017, Accepted 24 Nov 2017, Published online: 17 Dec 2017

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