Investigating arsenic (As) occurrence and sources in ground, surface, waste and drinking water in northern Mongolia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 649-662

  Pfeiffer, Martin ^a   Batbayar, Gunsmaa ^a,b   Hofmann, Jürgen ^c   Siegfried, Konrad ^b   Karthe, Daniel ^b   Hahn Tomer, Sonja ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic pollution; Drinking water; Gold mining; Mongolia; Upper Selenga River Basin

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOSENSORS; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; GOLD MINES; HEAVY METALS; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; WASTE INCINERATION;

ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATERS; ARSENIC POLLUTION; CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; GOLD MINING; MONGOLIA; RIVER BASINS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 84920710799     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-3029-0     Document Type: Article

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