Drinking water from private wells and risks to children

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Rogan, Walter J ^d   Brady, Michael T ^m   Binns, Helen J ^m   Forman, Joel A ^m   Karr, Catherine J ^m   Osterhoudt, Kevin ^m   Paulson, Jerome A ^m   Roberts, James R ^m   Sandel, Megan T ^m   Seltzer, James M ^m   Wright, Robert O ^m   Blackburn, Elizabeth ^a   Anderson, Mark ^b   Savage, Sharon ^c   Ragan, N Beth ^m   Spire, Paul ^m   Bocchini Jr , Joseph A ^m   Bernstein, Henry H ^m   Bradley, John S ^m   Byington, Carrie L ^m   Dennehy, Penelope H ^m   Fisher, Margaret C ^m   Frenck Jr , Robert W ^m   Glode, Mary P ^m   Keyserling, Harry L ^m   Kimberlin, David W ^m   Orenstein, Walter A ^m   Rubin, Lorry G ^m   Baltimore, Robert S ^m   McMillan, Julia A ^m   Bell, Beth ^e   Bortolussi, Robert ^f   Clover, Richard D ^g   Fischer, Marc A ^e   Gorman, Richard L ^h   Pratt, R Douglas ⁱ   Read, Jennifer S ^h   Gellin, Bruce ^j   Starke, Jeffrey R ^k   Swanson, Jack ^l   Baker, Carol J ^m   Long, Sarah S ^m   Pickering, Larry K ^m   Ledbetter, Edgar O ^m   Meissner, H Cody ^m   Frantz, Jennifer ^m   more..

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

^g AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^j National Vaccine Program Office   (United States)

^k American Thoracic Society   (United States)

^l Committee on Practice Ambulatory Medicine ^*

^m NONE

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Author keywords

Drinking water; Escherichia coli; Fluoride; Groundwater; Nitrate; Private well; Water; Waterborne disease; Well; Well water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CALCIUM; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERCHLORATE; RADON; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; URANIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WELL WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; NITRATES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 66249105717     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0752     Document Type: Article

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