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Research Article

Evaluation of drinking and irrigation suitability of groundwater with special emphasizing the health risk posed by nitrate contamination using nitrate pollution index (NPI) and human health risk assessment (HHRA)

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Pages 1324-1348 | Received 08 Aug 2020, Accepted 04 Oct 2020, Published online: 14 Oct 2020

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