Investigations on boron levels in drinking water sources in China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 165, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 15-25

  Xu, Ren Ji ^a   Xing, Xiao Ru ^b   Zhou, Qun Fang ^b   Jiang, Gui Bin ^b   Wei, Fu Sheng ^a,c  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Boron; Boron pollution; Bottled water; Drinking water source

Indexed keywords

BORON CONCENTRATIONS; BORON CONTAMINATION; BORON CONTENT; BOTTLED WATER; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SYSTEM;

BORATE MINERALS; BORON; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; RETAIL STORES; SURFACE WATERS;

POTABLE WATER;

BORON; BOTTLED WATER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MINERAL WATER; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BORON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

BORON; CHINA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA;

EID: 77952289843     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0923-8     Document Type: Article

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