A Cluster of Cases of Abdominal Pain Possibly Associated with High Copper Levels in a Private Water Supply

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 29-32

  Hoveyda, N ^b   Yales, Bill ^b   Bond, C Rachael ^b   Hunter, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; REVIEW; VOMITING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; COPPER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; VOMITING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CHESHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0344667768     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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