Health risk assessment on high groundwater arsenic concentration among adult and children in Beranang susdistrict, Malaysia
Date
2020
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Publisher
Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Press
Abstract
Beranang, one of the rural areas of Selangor which still depends on the groundwater as a secondary source of water for drinking and other purposes apart from treated water. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the health risk assessment of arsenic ingestion through groundwater consumption among Beranang residents in Selangor.
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Keywords
Arsenic, groundwater, hazard quotient, health risk assessment, lifetime cancer risk
Citation
Abd Wahil, M. S., Wahab, A., Aliff, A., Mun, W. C., & Ja’afar, H. (2020). Health Risk Assessment on High Groundwater Arsenic Concentration among Adult and Children in Beranang Subdistrict, Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 28(3).