Arsenic and other metal contamination of groundwaters in the industrial area of thessaloniki, Northern Greece

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 393-406

  Katsoyiannis, Ioannis A ^a,b   Katsoyiannis, Athanasios A ^c,d  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b Faculty III   (Germany)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic; EU directive 98 83; Groundwater contamination; Heavy metals; Northern Greece

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; PH EFFECTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; PHOSPHATE;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; EUROPEAN UNION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; PH; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION POLICY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GREECE; LEGAL ASPECT; PH; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; INDUSTRY; METALS; PHOSPHATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33751506360     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9204-y     Document Type: Article

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