Evaluation of groundwater quality and health risks from contamination in the north edge of the Loess Plateau, Yulin City, Northwest China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2017, Pages

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

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater chemistry; Health risk assessment; Loess area; Water quality assessment; Yulin City

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CARBONATE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; LOESS AREA; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; YULIN CITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; YULIN;

EID: 85021896070     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6781-8     Document Type: Article

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