Determination of Heavy Metals Contamination on Smoked Fish Sold at Some Fish Markets in Borno State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Journal of Chemical Health Risks

Mathias Nzitiri Bwala ¹ , Tijjani Sabiu Imam ² , Idris Umar Zungum ³

1 - National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Borno State, Nigeria
2 - Department of Biological Sciences, Bayero University, Kano State, Nigeria
3 - Department of biological science, Federal University Gashua, PMB 1005, Yobe State, Nigeria

Received: 2021-11-21 Accepted : 2022-06-21 Published : 2023-03-01

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