Groundwater nitrogen pollution and assessment of its health risks: A case study of a typical village in rural-urban continuum, china

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gao, Yang ^a,c   Yu, Guirui ^a   Luo, Chunyan ^b   Zhou, Pei ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84859705615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033982     Document Type: Article

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