Lead in drinking water in the Greater Bilbao Area (Basque Country, Spain)

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 575-579

  Cirarda, Francisco Borja ^a  

^a Departamento de Sanidad   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Environmental exposure; Lead; Spain

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031864524     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039809374683     Document Type: Article

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