Delimitation of arsenic-contaminated groundwater using risk-based indicator approaches around blackfoot disease hyperendemic areas of southern Taiwan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 293-304

  Jang, Cheng Shin ^a   Liu, Chen Wuing ^b   Lu, Kuang Liang ^b   Lin, Ching Chieh ^b  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blackfoot disease; Indicator kriging; Misclassification; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; INDICATOR KRIGING; MISCLASSIFICATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KRIGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; UNCERTAINTY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 35848947693     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9620-7     Document Type: Article

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