Heavy metal contaminations in the groundwater of Brahmaputra flood plain: An assessment of water quality in Barpeta District, Assam (India)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6229-6237

  Haloi, Nabanita ^a   Sarma, H P ^a  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Barpeta district; Correlation; Groundwater; Iron; Manganese

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; BARPETA DISTRICT; BRAHMAPUTRA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; ECOLOGICAL PROBLEM; ELIMINATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; FLOOD PLAINS; HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HUMAN HEALTH; LIFE PROCESS; PERKIN ELMER; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SAMPLING LOCATION; STUDY AREAS; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; TUBEWELLS; ZINC CONCENTRATION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ECOLOGY; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CADMIUM; CORRELATION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICOLOGY; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; INDIA; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; POPULATION; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ASSAM; BARPETA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; INDIA;

EID: 84866551910     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2415-x     Document Type: Article

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