An investigation of bacteriological and chemical water quality and the barriers to private well water sampling in a Southwestern Ontario community

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 521-525

  Hexemer, April M ^a   Pintar, Katarina ^b   Bird, Tom M ^a   Zentner, Shawn E ^c   Garcia, Henry P ^a   Pollari, Frank ^b  

^a Region of Waterloo Public Health   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Data collection; Nitrates; Water microbiology

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NITRATES; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 59449106528     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.070     Document Type: Article

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