Linking water quality and well-being for improved assessment and valuation of ecosystem services

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 18619-18624

  Keeler, Bonnie L ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^a   Brauman, Kate A ^a   Johnson, Kris A ^b   Finlay, Jacques C ^a   O'Neille, Ann ^a   Kovacs, Kent ^c   Dalzell, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELLBEING;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84868559674     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1215991109     Document Type: Article

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