Elevated Uranium and Toxic Elements Concentration in Groundwater in Punjab State of India: Extent of the Problem and Risk Due to Consumption of Unsafe Drinking Water

Water Quality, Exposure and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 407-421

  Shrivastava, Brajesh K ^a  

^a CGO Complex ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; India; Punjab; Rural; Toxic metals; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; ARSENIC; BIOSAFETY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; SELENIUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; URANIUM; VILLAGE; WATER QUALITY; WATERBORNE DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 85006191488     PISSN: 18761658     EISSN: 18761666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-014-0144-4     Document Type: Review

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