Comparison of nitrate levels in raw water and finished water from historical monitoring data on Iowa municipal drinking water supplies

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 81-90

  Weyer, Peter J ^a   Smith, Brian J ^a   Feng, Zhen Fang ^a   Kantamneni, Jiji R ^a   Riley, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Exposure assessment; Historical nitrate data; Iowa municipal water supplies

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; DRINKING WATER SUPPLY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL NITRATE DATA; NITRATE LEVELS;

CONTAMINATION; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

WATER SUPPLY;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; WELL WATER;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATE; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CITIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; IOWA; NITRATES; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745170754     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7228-y     Document Type: Article

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