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Assessment of potentially toxic heavy metals and health risk in water, sediments, and different fish species of River Kabul, Pakistan

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Pages 2101-2118 | Received 24 Jan 2018, Accepted 05 Feb 2018, Published online: 27 Feb 2018

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