Risk perceptions of arsenic in tap water and consumption of bottled water

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Jakus, Paul M ^a   Shaw, W Douglass ^c   Nguyen, To N ^b   Walker, Mark ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLED WATER; PERCEIVED RISK; RISK MEASURES; TAP WATER;

ARSENIC; PURCHASING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER SUPPLY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER USE;

EID: 67650301856     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007427     Document Type: Article

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