Significance of private water supply wells in a rural Nevada area as a route of exposure to aqueous arsenic

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-312

  Walker, Mark ^a   Benson, Marnee ^a   Shaw, W Douglass ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Private wells; Residential water supply

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; NEVADA; PRIVATE SECTOR; RURAL POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 27744545475     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2005.044     Document Type: Article

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