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ArticleHeliyon2024

Evaluation of groundwater quality in communities near Sokoban Wood Village.

Bernice Amponsah, Nathaniel Owusu Boadi, Selina Ama Saah, Patrick Opare Sakyi, Eric Selorm Agorku, Harry Okyere, Andrew Nyamful

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bernice AmponsahDepartment of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Nathaniel Owusu BoadiDepartment of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Selina Ama SaahDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana.
Patrick Opare SakyiDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana.
Eric Selorm AgorkuDepartment of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Harry OkyereCSIR-Crops Research Institute, Fumesua, Ghana.
Andrew NyamfulSchool of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra, Ghana.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Groundwater is vital for drinking, agriculture, and domestic use in Sokoban Wood Village, Ghana, but concerns exist about its quality. This study assessed the suitability of 20 groundwater samples for domestic purposes. The study was carried out in 2023. We collected samples from boreholes and hand-dug wells using standard methods, analyzing them for various physicochemical parameters (pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity, nitrates, fluorides, and heavy metals). The microbiological analysis assessed fecal coliforms and

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GroundwaterHeavy metal evaluation index (HEI)Heavy metal pollution index (HPI)Water quality index (WQI)World health organization (WHO)

Identifiers

PMID39183873
PMCPMC11341281

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