Incidence of heavy metal contamination in water supplies in Northern Mexico

Environmental Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-119

  Jane Wyatt, C ^a   Fimbres, C ^a   Romo, L ^a   Mendez R O ^a   Grijalva, M ^a  

^a Ctro de Invest en Aliment Y D   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Heavy metals; Lead; Northern Mexico

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY METALS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032006340     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3795     Document Type: Article

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