Human Health Risk Assessment of Contaminants in Drinking Water Based on Triangular Fuzzy Numbers Approach in Yinchuan City, Northwest China

Exposure and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 155-166

  Chen, Jie ^a   Qian, Hui ^a   Gao, Yanyan ^a   Li, Xinyan ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fluoride; Groundwater; Health risk assessment; Triangular fuzzy numbers; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU; YINCHUAN;

EID: 85028775853     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-017-0252-z     Document Type: Article

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