Assessing nitrate contamination and its potential health risk to Kinmen residents

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 503-514

  Liu, Chen Wuing ^a   Lin, Chun Nan ^a   Jang, Cheng Shin ^b   Ling, Min Pei ^c   Tsai, Jeng Wei ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contamination potential; DRASTIC; Groundwater quality; Health risk assessment; Kinmen; Nitrate N

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; NITRATE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESOURCE USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

QUEMOY; TAIWAN;

EID: 84858306828     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9367-x     Document Type: Article

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