Sources of nitrate exposure in residents of rural areas in Quebec, Canada

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-195

  Levallois, P ^a,b,d   Ayotte, P ^a,b   Louchini, R ^a   Desrosiers, T ^a   Baribeau, H ^a   Phaneuf, D ^c   Gingras, S ^b   Dumas, P ^c   Zee, J ^a   Poirier, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food; Groundwater; Helicobacter pylori; Nitrate; Quetelet index; Urinary excretion

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESIDENT; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0034012245     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500079     Document Type: Article

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