Is the water safe for my baby?

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1129-1152

  Balbus, John M ^b   Lang, Michael E ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINE; COPPER; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; LEAD; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; RADON; TAP WATER; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FILTER; FLUID INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034807985     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70365-5     Document Type: Article

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