Health risk assessment of groundwater arsenic pollution in southern Taiwan

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1271-1281

  Liang, Ching Ping ^a   Wang, Sheng Wei ^b   Kao, Yu Hsuan ^c   Chen, Jui Sheng ^d  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Sinotech Environmental Technology   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hazard quotient; Health risk; Provisional tolerable weekly intake; Target risk

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PINGTUNG PLAIN; TAIWAN;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84955607842     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-016-9794-4     Document Type: Article

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