Risk Assessment of Toxic Metals from Drinking Water of Taluka Ghorābāri, Sindh, Pakistan
Abdul Raheem Shar(1*), Ghulam Qadir Shar(2), Zulfiqar Ali Jumani(3), Aslam Khan Pathan(4), Zubeda Bhatti(5), Ali Raza Rind(6), Ghulam Mujtaba Jogi(7)
(1) Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Sindh 66020, Pakistan
(2) Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Sindh 66020, Pakistan
(3) Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Sindh 66020, Pakistan
(4) Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Sindh 66020, Pakistan
(5) Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Sindh 66020, Pakistan
(6) Institute of Physics, University of Sindh, Jamshoro 76080, Sindh, Pakistan
(7) Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Sindh 66020, Pakistan
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