Simultaneously evaluate the toxic levels of fluoride and arsenic species in underground water of Tharparkar and possible contaminant sources: A multivariate study

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-107

  Brahman, Kapil Dev ^a   Kazi, Tasneem Gul ^a   Afridi, Hassan Imran ^a   Naseem, Shahid ^b   Arain, Sadia Sadaf ^a   Wadhwa, Sham Kumar ^a   Shah, Faheem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fluoride; Saturation index; Sodium absorption ratio; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE ION; FLUORIDE ION; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; NITRITE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CALCITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SATURATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SALINITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84873100645     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.11.023     Document Type: Article

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