Trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, nitrates, and other chemicals in well water in the fresno-clovis metropolitan area

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 348-354

  Kloos, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; NITRATE; RADON; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FILTRATION; HEALTH HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031417809     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602210     Document Type: Article

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