Industrial water pollution, water environment treatment, and health risks in China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue , 2016, Pages 358-365

  Wang, Qing ^b   Yang, Zhiming ^a  

^a University of Science and Technology Beijing   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Industrial water pollution; Mental health; Self reported physical health; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA; INDUSTRIAL WATER; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL HEALTH; TREATMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN; PHENOL;

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; STATE ROLE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84991730084     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.07.011     Document Type: Article

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