Spatiotemporal Variability of Contaminants in Lake Water and Their Risks to Human Health: A Case Study of the Shahu Lake Tourist Area, Northwest China

Exposure and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 213-225

  Li, Peiyue ^a,b   Feng, Wei ^a   Xue, Chenyang ^a   Tian, Rui ^a   Wang, Siting ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Health risk; Lake water; Shahu Lake; Water pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; LAKE WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU;

EID: 84996802150     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-016-0237-3     Document Type: Article

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