Lead and copper in drinking water fountains - Information for physicians

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Cech, Irina ^a   Smolensky, Michael H ^a   Afshar, Masoud ^a   Broyles, Gregory ^a   Barczyk, Matthew ^a   Burau, Keith ^a   Emery, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Corrosion; Drinking water fountains; Escherichia coli; Municipal water supplies; Total copper; Total lead

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BUILDING; CORROSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FOUNTAIN; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD;

COPPER; HUMANS; LEAD; PHYSICIANS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33644985830     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000198495.41559.f6     Document Type: Article

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