Health risks associated with heavy metals in the drinking water of Swat, northern Pakistan

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2003-2013

  Khan, Kifayatullah ^a,b   Lu, Yonglong ^b   Khan, Hizbullah ^a   Zakir, Shahida ^a   Ihsanullah, ^c   Khan, Sardar ^a   Khan, Akbar Ali ^a   Wei, Luo ^b   Wang, Tieyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NIFA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Daily intake; Drinking water; Health risk; Heavy metals; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; DAILY INTAKE; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTABLE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

COPPER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA; PAKISTAN; SWAT VALLEY;

EID: 84885339403     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(12)60275-7     Document Type: Article

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