Water Quality, Pollution Source Apportionment and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Groundwater of an Industrial Area in North India

Exposure and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-18

  Bhutiani, Rakesh ^a   Kulkarni, Dipali Bhaskar ^a   Khanna, Dev Raj ^a   Gautam, Ashutosh ^b  

^a GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b India Glycols Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater: heavy metals; Haridwar; Health risk; Industrial area

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

HARIDWAR; INDIA; RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 85014426964     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-015-0178-2     Document Type: Article

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