Do Water Contamination Reports Influence Water Use Practices on Feedlot Farms and Rural Households in Southern Alberta?

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-226

  Acharya, Manju P ^a   Kalischuk, Ruth Grant ^a   Klein, K K ^a   Bjornlund, Henning ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH RISKS; PESTICIDES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY;

FEEDLOT FARM FAMILIES; WATER USE PRACTICES;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 38549141127     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3203213     Document Type: Article

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