Assessing mixed trace elements in groundwater and their health risk of residents living in the Mekong River basin of Cambodia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-119

  Phan, Kongkea ^a,f   Phan, Samrach ^b   Huoy, Laingshun ^b   Suy, Bunseang ^b   Wong, Ming Hung ^c   Hashim, Jamal Hisham ^d   Mohamed Yasin, Mohamed Salleh ^d   Aljunid, Syed Mohamed ^d   Sthiannopkao, Suthipong ^e   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^e Dong A University   (South Korea)

^f Resource Development International Cambodia   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Groundwater; Human hair; Risk assessment; The Mekong River basin; Trace element

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE RISK; CAMBODIA; HUMAN HAIR; MEKONG RIVER BASINS; MULTIPLE ELEMENTS; STUDY AREAS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; TUBEWELLS;

GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GALLIUM; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; ZINC;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; IRON; MANGANESE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CAMBODIA; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN HAIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROUNDWATER; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MANGANESE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 84881110520     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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