Modeling the probability of arsenic in groundwater in New England as a tool for exposure assessment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3578-3585

  Ayotte, Joseph D ^a   Nolan, Bernard T ^a   Nuckols, John R ^b   Cantor, Kenneth P ^c   Robinson Jr , Gilpin R ^a   Baris, Dalsu ^c,d   Hayes, Laura ^a   Karagas, Margaret ^c   Bress, William ^e   Silverman, Debra T ^c   Lubin, Jay H ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK AQUIFERS; BLADDER CANCER; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MICROGRAM;

ARSENIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTABLE WATER; PROBABILITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE;

ARSENIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTABLE WATER; PROBABILITY;

ARSENIC; CANCER; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLEISTOCENE; PROBABILITY; ROCK; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STANDARD;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW ENGLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744799958     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051972f     Document Type: Article

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