Health risk assessment of nitrate exposure in groundwater of rural areas of Gonabad and Bajestan, Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 2018, Pages

  Qasemi, Mehdi ^a   Afsharnia, Mojtaba ^a   Farhang, Mansoureh ^a   Bakhshizadeh, Abolfazl ^a   Allahdadi, Mohadeseh ^a   Zarei, Ahmad ^a  

^a GONABAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Groundwater; Health risk assessment; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CONTAMINATED SOURCES; HAZARD QUOTIENTS; HUMAN HEALTH; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL RISKS; RESEARCH REPORTS; SAMPLING SITE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY;

IRAN;

EID: 85050928931     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-018-7732-8     Document Type: Article

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