Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil and Water in Some Selected Towns in Dunkwa-on-Offin District in the Central Region of Ghana as a Result of Small Scale Gold Mining

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"Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil and Water in Some Selected Towns in Dunkwa-on-Offin District in the Central Region of Ghana as a Result of Small Scale Gold Mining"
written by Jerome D. A. Kpan, Boadu Kwesi Opoku, Anukwah Gloria,
published by Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, Vol.3 No.2, 2014

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