Drinking water at the tap: Impact of plumbing materials on water quality

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2005-2016

  Viraraghavan, T ^a,b   Subramanian, K S ^c   Rao, B V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water quality; Plumbing materials; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; STEEL; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CANADA; LEACHING; METAL METABOLISM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029949653     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529609376470     Document Type: Article

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