Risk assessment due to intake of heavy metals through the ingestion of groundwater around two proposed uranium mining areas in Jharkhand, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1351-1358

  Giri, Soma ^a   Mahato, Mukesh K ^b   Singh, Gurdeep ^a   Jha, V N ^c  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hazard quotient; Heavy metals; Iron; Manganese; Risk assessment; Uranium mining

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; MINING AREAS; URANIUM MINING;

COPPER; GROUNDWATER; HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; URANIUM; ZINC;

DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

INDIA; JHARKHAND;

EID: 84857368168     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2045-3     Document Type: Article

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