Arsenic occurrence in drinking water supply systems in ten municipalities in Vojvodina Region, Serbia

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 315-318

  Jovanovic, Dragana ^a   Jakovljević, Branko ^b   Rašić Milutinović, Zorica ^c   Paunović, Katarina ^b   Peković, Gordana ^c   Knezević, Tanja ^a  

^a Institute of Public Health of Serbia Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c University Hospital Zemun   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Pannonian Basin; Public water supply; Vojvodina

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERBIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SERBIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

PANNONIAN BASIN; SERBIA; VOJVODINA;

EID: 79451472240     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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