Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34202418›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Water Quality Assessment and Evaluation of Human Health Risk in Mutangwi River, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Rofhiwa T Madilonga, Joshua N Edokpayi, Elijah T Volenzo, Olatunde S Durowoju, John O Odiyo

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Water quality assessment of rooftop harvested rainwater across different roof types in a semi-arid region of South Africa.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2025
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rofhiwa T MadilongaDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1131-7970
Joshua N EdokpayiDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2550-3988
Elijah T VolenzoDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5221-8189
Olatunde S DurowojuDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7773-1125
John O OdiyoDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Freshwater supply is essential to life on Earth; however, land use activities such as mining and agriculture pose a significant danger to freshwater resources and the wellbeing of aquatic environments. This study temporarily assesses the water quality characteristics of Mutangwi River. Physicochemical parameters (pH, temperature, total dissolved solids (TDS), salinity, electrical conductivity (EC), and turbidity) were determined in situ using an Extech multimeter and turbidity meter. The concentration of the selected metals (Mg, Cr, Fe, Cd, Mn, Pb, Ca, and Na) were analysed using an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Membrane filtration method was used to analyse microbiological parameters (

Indexed as

Metals, HeavyWater Pollutants, ChemicalAdultChildEnvironmental MonitoringEscherichia coliHumansRisk AssessmentRiversSouth AfricaWater QualityMetals, HeavyWater Pollutants, Chemicalcarcinogenic riskE. coliland use activitiesMutangwi Riverwater qualitywater quality index

Identifiers

PMID34202418
PMCPMC8296923

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.