Health risk assessment of arsenic from blended water in distribution systems

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 1322-1329

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Zhou, Xue ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Wang, Wen D ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; blended water; cancer risk; risk assessment; water distribution system

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARSENIC; BLENDING; DISEASES; HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC DETERMINATION; CANCER RISK; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EXPOSURE DURATIONS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN ABSORPTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHINA; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85029898582     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2017.1362296     Document Type: Article

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