Assessing Groundwater Quality and Health Risks of Nitrogen Pollution in the Shenfu Mining Area of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China

Exposure and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 77-97

  Su, He ^a   Kang, Weidong ^a   Xu, Yuanjun ^a   Wang, Jiading ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater chemistry; Health risk assessment; Nitrogen; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

EID: 85018516669     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-017-0247-9     Document Type: Article

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