Mineral Content of Bottled and Desalinated Household Drinking Water in Kuwait

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1068-1080

  Al Mudhaf, Humood F ^a   Al Hayan, Mohammad N ^a   Selim, Mustafa I ^b   Abu Shady, Abdel Sattar I ^a  

^a The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottled water; Desalinated water; Drinking water; Kuwait; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; NUTRIENT; PH; WATER QUALITY;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 83255192031     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100257     Document Type: Article

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