Distribution of heavy metals in surface water of Ranipet industrial area in Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 197-207

  Srinivasa Gowd, S ^a   Govil, Pradip K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Ranipet India; Tannery industry

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEATHER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

CHRONIC POLLUTED AREA; TANNERY INDUSTRY;

SURFACE WATERS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BOILER; CARCINOGENICITY; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LEATHER INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN DISEASE; ULCER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHENNAI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 36549047526     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9675-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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