Water quality, agriculture and food safety in China: Current situation, trends, interdependencies, and management

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2365-2379

  ZHANG, Xiao nan ^a,b   GUO, Qiu ping ^a   SHEN, Xiao xue ^a   YU, Sheng wen ^a   QIU, Guo yu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Drinking water; Eutrophication; Fertilizer; Food safety; Groundwater; Heavy metals; Microcystin; Nitrate; Pesticide; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946922284     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61128-5     Document Type: Review

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