Mg, Mn, Fe, and V concentrations in the ground waters of Mount Etna (Sicily)

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 378-386

  Giammanco, Giuseppe ^c   Giammanco, Salvatore ^a   Valenza, Mariano ^a,b   Pignato, Sarina ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drinking water standards; Ground water; Health impact; Hydrogeochemistry; Mount Etna; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; VANADIUM; MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; VOLCANO; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRINKING; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; WATER STANDARD;

CHEMICAL CONCENTRATION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER CIRCULATION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTABLE WATER STANDARD; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNT ETNA;

EID: 0029668910     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00183-2     Document Type: Article

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