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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2021

Appraisal of groundwater quality and associated risks in Mansa district (Punjab, India).

Tanu Sharma, P K Litoria, B S Bajwa, Inderpreet Kaur

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Tanu SharmaDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Advanced Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, 143001, India.
P K LitoriaPunjab Remote Sensing Centre, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India.
B S BajwaDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Advanced Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, 143001, India. bsbajwa1@gmail.com.
Inderpreet KaurDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Advanced Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, 143005, India. inderpreet11@yahoo.co.in.

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Abstract

Mansa district in Malwa region of South-West Punjab has gained significant attention due to elevation in number of patients suffering from diverse diseases especially cancer and consumption of contaminated groundwater could be one of the possible reasons. The present study reports the assessment of 59 groundwater samples from Mansa district by evaluating physicochemical characteristics, potentially toxic element (PTE) contamination and associated health implications followed by analysis of water quality status using various indices. Multivariate statistics were applied for source identification of PTEs in groundwater. The study revealed occurrence of PTEs with mean (μg L

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GroundwaterMetals, HeavyWater Pollutants, ChemicalAdultChildEnvironmental MonitoringHumansIndiaRisk AssessmentMetals, HeavyWater Pollutants, ChemicalGroundwaterHeavy metal pollution indicesMultivariate data analysisPotentially toxic elementsRisk assessmentUranium

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