Trace Metal Composition of Soil around Selected Pharmaceutical Industries in Kaduna, Nigeria

Inobeme A, Adamu A, Ajai A.I., Uwem B., Obigwa P.A.

Abstract


The physicochemical properties and trace metal compositions of soil around selected pharmaceutical industries in Kaduna metropolis were investigated in this study.

Keywords


Trace Metal Composition, Pharmaceutical Industries, Kaduna, Nigeria, physicochemical properties, Environmental contamination

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