Nitrate levels in drinking water in rural New York State

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-40

  Gelberg, Kitty H ^a   Church, Lou ^b   Casey, Gabrielle ^a   London, Matthew ^a   Roerig, D Sue ^c   Boyd, Jane ^c   Hill, Marylee ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Occup Hlth Nurses in Agric Comm   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Methemoglobinemia; Nitrates; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; RURAL AREA;

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; RURAL AREA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032924520     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3881     Document Type: Article

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