Naturally occurring arsenic in the groundwaters in the southern region of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1967-1972

  Kondo, Hiroyuki ^a   Ishiguro, Yasuhisa ^a   Ohno, Kenji ^a   Nagase, Makoto ^a   Toba, Mineki ^a   Takagi, Makoto ^b  

^a FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Grad S ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic pollution; Arsenic species; Ionic components; Physicochemical characteristics; Wellwaters

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ION EXCHANGE; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN; POTABLE WATER; REDUCTION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC POLLUTION; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; JAPAN; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

FUKUOKA; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 0033151356     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00377-7     Document Type: Article

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