An exploratory study of chemical elements in drinking water and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1227-1247

  Witmans, M R ^a   McDuffie, H H ^b   Karunanayake, C ^b   Kerrich, R ^c   Pahwa, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical elements; Drinking water; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Saskatchewan; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHEMICALS; COBALT; GADOLINIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; HERBICIDES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONMETALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHOSPHORUS; POTABLE WATER; SELENIUM; TITANIUM; TRANSITION METALS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ALUMINUM CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTAL ANALYSES; DEEP WELLS; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER QUALITIES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; GEOMETRIC MEANS; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; IN CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL SOURCES; NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA; SASKATCHEWAN; WIDESPREAD USES;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE; DRINKING WATER; HERBICIDE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 57649184679     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240801937370     Document Type: Article

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