Risk screening for exposure to groundwater pollution in a wastewater irrigation district of the Mexico City region

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 553-561

  Downs, Timothy J ^a,b,d   Cifuentes García, Enrique ^c   Suffet, Irwin Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Instituto de Salud   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d Environ Educ Train Inst N Amer   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Mexico; Nitrate; Pathogens; Risk; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INGESTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SKIN IRRITATION; SWIMMING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032814365     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107553     Document Type: Article

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