Contamination of groundwater and risk assessment for arsenic exposure in Ha Nam province, Vietnam

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 466-472

  Nguyen, Van Anh ^a   Bang, Sunbaek ^a   Viet, Pham Hung ^b   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Ha Nam province; Risk assessment; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS; WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HA NAM PROVINCE; VIET NAM;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIUM; ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; IRON; MANGANESE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HA NAM; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 61449228399     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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