Arsenic and other trace elements contamination in groundwater and a risk assessment study for the residents in the Kandal Province of Cambodia

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-460

  Luu, Thi Thu Giang ^a,b   Sthiannopkao, Suthipong ^a   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a  

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

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Barium; Groundwater; Kandal Province; Lead; Manganese

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BARIUM; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MANGANESE; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC(III); AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; KANDAL PROVINCE; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; THRESHOLD LEVELS; TRACE ELEMENTS CONTAMINATIONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MANGANESE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIN; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; KANDAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 61649119869     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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