Case study of complaints on drinking water quality: Relationship to copper content?

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-145

  Pizarro, Fernando ^a   Araya, Magdalena ^a   Vásquez, Marcela ^b   Lagos, Gustavo ^c   Olivares, Manuel ^a   Méndez, Marco A ^a   Leyton, Bárbara ^a   Reyes, Arturo ^c   Letelier, Victoria ^c   Uauy, Ricardo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper pipe; Diarrhea; Drinking water; Gastrointestinal symptoms; PVC pipe

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOMITING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 34547595550     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02685926     Document Type: Article

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