Human health risk assessment of groundwater in Hetao Plain (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4669-4684

  Zhang, Yilong ^a   Ma, Rong ^a   Li, Zhenghong ^a  

^a Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture irrigation; Desirability functions; Health risk; Hetao Plain; Nutrient elements

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; MANGANESE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

DESIRABILITY FUNCTION; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HETAO PLAIN; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INNER MONGOLIA AUTONOMOUS REGIONS; MANGANESE CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT ELEMENTS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; IODINE; IRON; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; STRONTIUM;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; GUIDELINE; MANGANESE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEALTH HAZARD; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; HETAO PLAIN; NEI MONGGOL;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ARSENIC; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; IRON; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRONTIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904013654     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3729-2     Document Type: Article

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