Potential health risk of arsenic and cadmium in groundwater near Xiangjiang River, China: A case study for risk assessment and management of toxic substances

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Wang, Zhenxing ^a   Chai, Liyuan ^a   Wang, Yunyan ^a   Yang, Zhihui ^a   Wang, Haiying ^a   Wu, Xie ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangxi Provincial Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation   (China)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Human health risk assessment; Maximum Permissible Concentration (MPC); Risk management; Toxic substance

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CANCER RISK; CLEANUP STANDARDS; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; ECONOMIC STATUS; EFFECTIVE TOOL; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION (MPC); POTENTIAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENTS; RISK MANAGER; SITE-SPECIFIC; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY; TOXIC SUBSTANCES; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; RATING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; HUNAN; XIANG RIVER;

EID: 79952450354     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1503-7     Document Type: Article

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