Health risk assessment via surface water and sub-surface water consumption in the mafic and ultramafic terrain, Mohmand agency, northern Pakistan

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-67

  Shah, M T ^a   Ara, J ^a   Muhammad, S ^a,c   Khan, S ^a   Tariq, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chromite; Drinking water; Heavy metals; Mafic and ultramafic terrain; Mining; Multivariate statistical analyses

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; CARDIAC ARREST; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE FURNACES; MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC TERRAIN; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ONE-WAY ANOVA; PAKISTAN; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SUB-SURFACES; VIRAL HEPATITIS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHROMITE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MINING; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

SURFACE WATERS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; MAFIC ROCK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER; TERRAIN; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84862328897     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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