Arsenic in the shallow ground waters of conterminous United States: Assessment, health risks, and costs for MCL compliance

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 275-294

  Twarakavi, Navin Kumar C ^a   Kaluarachchi, Jagath J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cost analysis; Drinking water; Ground water; Logistic regression; Public health; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COST ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC; BACKGROUND LEVEL; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33845249269     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb03838.x     Document Type: Article

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