Public Response to Elevated Nitrate in Drinking Water Wells in Wisconsin

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 242-247

  Schubert, Carla ^a   Knobeloch, Lynda ^b   Anderson, Henry A ^b   Kanarek, Marty S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Bureau of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; WELL WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032782190     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602481     Document Type: Article

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