Preliminary Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Metals in Surface Water of the Himalayan Rivers, Nepal

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 855-862

  Tripathee, Lekhendra ^a,e,f   Kang, Shichang ^a,c   Sharma, Chhatra Mani ^d,f   Rupakheti, Dipesh ^b   Paudyal, Rukumesh ^a,e,f   Huang, Jie ^b,e   Sillanpää, Mika ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f Himalayan Environment Research Institute (HERI)   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Nepal; Risk assessment; River; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; HAZARD QUOTIENTS; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; POTENTIALLY TOXIC METALS; TRACE METAL; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; NEPAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NEPAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84991083738     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-016-1945-x     Document Type: Article

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