Impact of household plumbing fixtures on drinking water quality - A review

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 717-743

  Viraraghavan, T ^a   Subramanian, K S ^b   Venkata Rao, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water quality; Heavy metals; Plumbing fixtures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032886616     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207239908711234     Document Type: Article

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