Hydrochemical characteristics and quality evaluation of groundwater in terms of health risks in Luohe aquifer in Wuqi County of the Chinese Loess Plateau, northwest China

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2019, Pages 32-51

  He, Xiaodong ^a   Wu, Jianhua ^a   He, Song ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; health risk; heavy metal; Loess Plateau; nitrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85057215475     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2018.1531693     Document Type: Article

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