Drinking and irrigation quality of groundwater and health risk assessment due to arsenic exposure in Sheikhupura district, Punjab, Pakistan

Arsenic (As) is a heavy metal that occurs naturally and contaminates groundwater. People use groundwater for many purposes, especially for drinking and agricultural uses. Groundwater contaminated with arsenic is now becoming an emerging threat in many countries, especially in Pakistan, causing sever...

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Published in:	Kuwait Journal of Science
Main Authors:	Faisal Rehman, Tahir Azeem, Rahima Ali Hashmi, Jamil Siddique View in Scopus, Asfandyar Shahab, Salman Mustafa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-07-01
Subjects:	groundwater arsenic contamination hazard quotient agriculture health risk
Online Access:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2307410823000536

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