Assessment of the Chemical Quality of Recreational Bathing Water in Argentina by Health Risk Analysis

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1186-1215

  Peluso, Fabio ^a   Castelain, José Gonzalez ^a   Rodríguez, Lorena ^a,b   Othax, Natalia ^a,c  

^a Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b ANPCyT   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

health risk analysis; heavy metals; pesticides; recreational waters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869155483     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.722801     Document Type: Article

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