Groundwater Nitrate Contamination and Associated Health Risk for the Rural Communities in an Agricultural Area of Ningxia, Northwest China

Exposure and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 349-359

  Chen, Jie ^a   Wu, Hao ^a   Qian, Hui ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Groundwater; Health risks; Nitrate; Northwest China; Rural area

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; RURAL AREA; WELL WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU;

EID: 84983489066     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-016-0208-8     Document Type: Article

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