Fertilizers, water quality, and human health

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Criss, Robert E ^a   Davisson, M Lee ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SURFACE WATER;

CANCER RISK; CROP PRODUCTION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; NITRATES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 3543097566     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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