Assessing regional groundwater quality and its health implications in the Lokpaukwu, Lekwesi and Ishiagu mining areas of southeastern Nigeria using factor analysis

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 971-986

  Ezekwe, I C ^a,b   Odu, N N ^c   Chima, G N ^d   Opigo, A ^a  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b University of Port Harcourt ^*  (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^d ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Groundwater quality; Health implications; Heavy metals; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DISEASES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORSPAR; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; METAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DOMESTIC WATER SOURCES; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; REGULATORY STANDARDS; SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISSOLUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MINING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84867097062     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1539-9     Document Type: Article

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