Assessment of carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk from exposure to uranium in groundwater from western Haryana, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 663-668

  Duggal, Vikas ^a   Sharma, Samriti ^a   Saini, Komal ^b   Bajwa, Bikramjit Singh ^b  

^a Guru Kashi University   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUOROMETRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; TOXICITY; URANIUM;

HARYANA; INDIA; SIRSA;

EID: 85021742374     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-017-0675-y     Document Type: Article

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