Evaluating health risks from ground-water contaminants

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 475-478

  Piver, Warren T ^a   Lee, A Duval ^b,c   Schreifer, Jill A ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN HEALTH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031878707     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1998)124:5(475)     Document Type: Article

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