Validity of spatial models of arsenic concentrations in private well water

Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-50

  Meliker, Jaymie R ^a,b   AvRuskin, Gillian A ^a   Slotnick, Melissa J ^c   Goovaerts, Pierre ^a   Schottenfeld, David ^c   Jacquez, Geoffrey M ^a,c   Nriagu, Jerome O ^c  

^a BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Environmental epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODEL VALIDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MICHIGAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248951152     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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