Assessing the characteristics of groundwater quality of arsenic contaminated aquifers in the blackfoot disease endemic area

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 185, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1458-1466

  Lu, Kuang Liang ^a   Liu, Chen Wuing ^a   Wang, Sheng Wei ^a   Jang, Cheng Shin ^b   Lin, Kao Hung ^c   Liao, Vivian Hsiu Chuan ^a   Liao, Chung Min ^a   Chang, Fi John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Blackfoot disease endemic area; Groundwater; Multivariate statistical techniques; Redox couples approach

Indexed keywords

BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS AND DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR MODEL; FACTOR SCORES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; IN-SITU; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; OXYHYDROXIDES; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; REDOX COUPLE; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; REDUCTIVE PROCESS; SALINATION; TOTAL VARIANCE;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENDEMISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; GEOACCUMULATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; TAIWAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78649909946     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.069     Document Type: Article

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