Lead (Pb) quantification in potable water samples: Implications for regulatory compliance and assessment of human exposure

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1355-1365

  Triantafyllidou, Simoni ^a   Nguyen, Caroline K ^a   Zhang, Yan ^b   Edwards, Marc A ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b Long Beach Water Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead; Mixing; Sample pre treatment; Standard acid preservation; Transfer; Water

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE QUANTIFICATIONS; CONTAMINATED WATER; INDIVIDUAL EXPOSURES; ROUTINE MONITORING; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT; TRANSFER; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

BOTTLES; ERRORS; HEALTH RISKS; MIXING; POTABLE WATER; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

LEAD;

LEAD; DRINKING WATER;

COMPLIANCE; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW RATE; FLUID INTAKE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LEAD; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874407220     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2637-6     Document Type: Article

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