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Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 5 Classification of pollution load index

From: Estimation of pollution indices and hazard evaluation from trace elements concentration in coastal sediments of Kerala, Southwest Coast of India

Pollution load index

Pollution level

 ≤ 1

No metal pollution

 > 1

Metal pollution exists

  1. Tomlinson et al. (1980), Bramha et al. (2014)
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