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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
,
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
,
Chioma Alex Abiakam BS Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
,
Constance Kelechi Nwanguma BS Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
&
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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