Accuracy of bottled drinking water label content

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Khan, Nazeer B ^a   Chohan, Arham N ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bottled drinking water; Calcium; Fluoride; pH; Total dissolved solids

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; BOTTLED DRINKING WATER; CONCENTRATION OF; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PH VALUE; RIYADH , SAUDI ARABIA; SAUDI ARABIA; STILL WATER; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TROPICAL COUNTRIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; LABELS; PH EFFECTS; RETAIL STORES; WATER CONTENT;

POTABLE WATER;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED MATTER; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; LABORATORY METHOD; PH; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; FLUOROSIS; PACKAGING; PH; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

CALCIUM; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PRODUCT LABELING; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANTS;

RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77954142977     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0993-7     Document Type: Article

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