Sensory properties of Danish municipal drinking water as a function of chemical composition

Food Research International

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 389-396

  Marcussen, Helle ^a   Bredie, Wender L P ^a   Stolzenbach, Sandra ^a   Brüsch, Walter ^b   Holm, Peter E ^a   Hansen, Hans Chr B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Flavor; Generic descriptive analysis; Inorganic composition; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER RESERVOIRS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; LOW SALT CONCENTRATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SENSORY ATTRIBUTES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

AQUIFERS; FLAVORS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84881248183     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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