Health beliefs about bottled water: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ward, Lorna A ^a   Cain, Owen L ^a   Mullally, Ryan A ^a   Holliday, Kathryn S ^a   Wernham, Aaron Gh ^a   Baillie, Paul D ^a   Greenfield, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLED MINERAL WATER; DRINKING WATER; MINERAL; MINERAL WATER; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEOPLASM; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PLASTIC BOTTLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASTE; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERVIEW; PRODUCT SAFETY; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DRINKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MINERAL WATERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 68149117358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-196     Document Type: Article

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