Chemical quality of bottled waters from three cities in eastern Alabama

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 285, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 165-175

  Ikem, Abua ^a   Odueyungbo, Seyi ^a   Egiebor, Nosa O ^a   Nyavor, Kafui ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Bottled water; Brands; Drinking water standards; Inductively coupled plasma (ICP OES); Maximum admissible concentrations (MAC); Water quality constituents

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION;

HOMOGENEITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SELENIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

DRINKING WATER;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SPECTROMETER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

ALABAMA; CITIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037148731     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00915-9     Document Type: Article

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