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Metal Contamination and Infiltration into the Soil at Refuse Dump Sites in Awka, Nigeria

John Kanayochukwu Chiemezugo Nduka MS Department of Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
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Orish Ebere Orisakwe PhD Department of Pharmacology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria
,
Linus Obi Ezenweke PhD Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
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Chioma Alex Abiakam BS Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
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Constance Kelechi Nwanguma BS Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
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Ugwuona John-Moses Maduabuchi MBBS Department of Pharmacology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria
Pages 197-204 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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Eustorgio C. Nava-Martínez, Enrique Flores-García, Heriberto Espinoza-Gomez & Fernando T. Wakida. (2011) Heavy metals pollution in the soil of an irregular urban settlement built on a former dumpsite in the city of Tijuana, Mexico. Environmental Earth Sciences 66:4, pages 1239-1245.
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