Natural Arsenic Pollution and Hydrochemistry of Drinking Water of an Urban Part of Iran

Natural contamination of surface and groundwater resources with arsenic is a worldwide problem. The present study aimed to investigate and report on the quality of drinking water resources with special focus on arsenic presence in an urban part of Iran. Arsenic concentrations were measured by graphi...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Mosaferi (Author), Mohammad Shakerkhatibi (Author), Saeid Dastgiri (Author), Mohammad Asghari Jafar-abadi (Author), Alireza Khataee (Author), Samira Sheykholeslami (Author)
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Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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