Determination of Heavy Metals in the Groundwater of the Huaibei Plain, China, to Characterize Potential Effects on Human Health

Analytical Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 349-359

  Hu, Yunhu ^a,c   Wang, Xingming ^a   Dong, Zhongbing ^a   Liu, Guijian ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c HUAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Health risk; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916941807     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2014.940530     Document Type: Article

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