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Original Article

Heavy Metal Hazards of Sachet Water in Nigeria

Orish Ebere Orisakwe PhD Department of Pharmacology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria
,
Innocent O. Igwilo MSc Department of Applied Biochemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
,
Onyenmechi Johnson Afonne PhD Department of Pharmacology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria
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John-Moses Ugwuona Maduabuchi MBBS Department of Pharmacology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria
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Ejeatuluchukwu Obi PhD Department of Pharmacology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria
&
John C. Nduka MSc Department of Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Pages 209-213 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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