A glance at one decade of water pollution research in Iranian environmental health journals

Food Safety and Risk

Table 3 Frequency of water resources in water studies in Iranian environmental health journals (2008–2017)

Water resources	Types	Number	Percentage
Surface water	Drinking water	211	49.1
	*Surface water	63	14.6
	River, lake and sea	55	12.8
	Swimming pools	13	3.1
	Surface runoffs	10	2.3
	Haemodialysis water	5	1.2
	Wetland	4	1
Groundwater	* Ground water	37	8.6
	Spring water	16	3.7
	Wells water	9	2.1
Total		430	100

* In a number of articles, the type of water resources was not explicitly mentioned, and only the authors cited examples of surface water and groundwater, so two separate categories for surface water and groundwater were mentioned

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