Water quality assessment: surface water sources used for drinking and irrigation in Zaria, Nigeria are a public health hazard.

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Published in Environ Monit Assess on October 21, 2011

Authors

Vincent N Chigor1, Veronica J Umoh, Charles A Okuofu, Joseph B Ameh, Etinosa O Igbinosa, Anthony I Okoh

Author Affiliations

1: Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice, 5700, South Africa. vnchigor@yahoo.com

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