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Poll Res. 36 (3) : 481-488 (2017) Copyright © EM International ISSN 0257–8050 AN INDIRECT ESTIMATION OF SOIL QUALITY CHANGES RESULTING FROM GROUNDWATER USE IN SISTAN AND BALUCHISTAN MOHAMMAD MOBINI1, HAMED BIGLARI2,*, AMIN ZAREI3, GHOLAMREZA EBRAHIMZADEH4, ALI BIGLARI5, MOHAMMAD REZA NAROOIE6, EHSAN ABOUEE MEHRIZI7 AND MOHAMMAD MEHDI BANESHI8 1 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. 2 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. 3 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran. 4 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran. 5 Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. 6 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran. 7 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, North Khorasan University of Medical sciences, Bojnurd, Iran. 8 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran. (Received 1 February, 2017; accepted 30 July, 2017) ABSTRACT Soil salinity and its exacerbation resulting from water quality effects decrease product quality and cause specific ion toxicity in plants. The present study examined the sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) and sodium soluble percentage (SSP) indicators of groundwater resources to indirectly evaluate the water quality effects on the soil of Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran. For this purpose, 655 samples were collected during nine years from groundwater wells with agricultural land use in fixed sites of the province.
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