Water quality monitoring records for estimating tap water arsenic and nitrate: A validation study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Searles Nielsen, Susan ^a   Kuehn, Carrie M ^b   Mueller, Beth A ^a,c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; NITRATE; TAP WATER; FRESH WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GIS; HEALTH MONITORING; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HOME; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; NITRATES; RECORDS AS TOPIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77649099604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-4     Document Type: Article

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