Nitrate pollution of groundwater in Toyserkan, western Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 907-913

  Jalali, Mohsen ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Groundwater; Nitrate; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION PRACTICES; MANURE SOURCES; NITRATE POLLUTION; WATER TYPES; WESTERN IRAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MANURE; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

IRAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79951578304     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0576-5     Document Type: Article

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