Assessment of non-carcinogenic health risks due to water contamination in a loess distribution area, northeastern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2017, Pages

  Du, Shanghai ^a,b   Liu, Yingjie ^a,b   Zhang, Lijie ^a,b   Li, Hongyan ^c   Huan, Huan ^d  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of In situ Conversion   (China)

^c Jilin University   (China)

^d CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality assessment; Health risk; Irrigation water quality

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH; IRRIGATION; MANGANESE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATIONS; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER WELLS; IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

HEALTH RISKS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 85034760752     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-7097-4     Document Type: Article

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