Groundwater heavy metal levels and associated human health risk in the North China Plain

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 10389-10398

  Li, Wei ^a   Wang, Ming Yu ^a   Liu, Li Ya ^b   Wang, Hui Fang ^a   Yu, Sen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b China Ordnance Industry Survey Geotechnical Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Heavymetals; Human health risk; The North China Plain

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; TRANSECT; URBAN AREA; VILLAGE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84949102493     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-015-1974-5     Document Type: Article

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