Assessing Groundwater Quality and Health Risks of Nitrogen Pollution in the Shenfu Mining Area of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China

He Su1, Weidong Kang1, Youlong Xu1, Jiading Wang1
1State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China

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