How clean is your water?

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7661, 2008, Pages 80-82

  Watts, Geoff ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; MOOD STABILIZER; SEX HORMONE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; SHORT SURVEY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 47649108650     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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