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Human health risk assessment of trace elements in shallow groundwater of the Linhuan coal-mining district, Northern Anhui Province, China

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Pages 1342-1351 | Received 21 Sep 2017, Accepted 30 Nov 2017, Published online: 18 Jan 2018

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