Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Groundwater Quality and Human Health Risk: A Case Study in Gopalganj, Bangladesh

Exposure and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 167-188

  Rahman, Md Mostafizur ^a,b   Islam, Md Atikul ^c   Bodrud Doza, Md ^a,d   Muhib, Md Iftakharul ^a   Zahid, Anwar ^e   Shammi, Mashura ^a,f   Tareq, Shafi Mohammad ^a   Kurasaki, Masaaki ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HAJEE MOHAMMAD DANESH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)   (Bangladesh)

^e Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^f XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Drinking water quality index; Hazard quotient; Health risk; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 85028860793     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-017-0253-y     Document Type: Article

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