Dairy feedlot contributions to groundwater contamination - A preliminary study in New Mexico

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 16-19

  Arnold, Stephen D ^a   Meister, Edward A ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

DAIRY FARMING; GROUNDWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; MEXICO; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; WASTE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032819577     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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