Early Warning Smartphone Diagnostics for Water Security and Analysis Using Real-Time pH Mapping

Md. Arafat HOSSAIN; John CANNING; Sandra AST; Peter J. RUTLEDGE; Abbas JAMALIPOUR

doi:10.1007/s13320-015-0256-x

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