Effects of time and point-of-use devices on arsenic levels in Southeastern Michigan drinking water, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 369, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 42-50

  Slotnick, Melissa J ^a   Meliker, Jaymie R ^b   Nriagu, Jerome O ^a  

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

^b BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Exposure assessment; Point of use treatment; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; POINT OF USE (POU) TREATMENT; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH RISKS; OSMOSIS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FILTER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; MICHIGAN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SOFTENING; WATER SUPPLY;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747893413     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.04.021     Document Type: Article

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