Groundwater nitrate contamination and associated human health risk assessment in southern districts of Punjab, India

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 25, Issue 25, 2018, Pages 25336-25347

  Ahada, Chetan P S ^a   Suthar, Surindra ^a  

^a DOON UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blue baby syndrome; Groundwater pollution; Health hazards; Nitrate contamination; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITRATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; YOUNG POPULATION;

INDIA; MALWA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

ANIMALIA;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HUMAN; INDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INDIA; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85049072929     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2581-2     Document Type: Article

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