Arsenic exposure in drinking water: An unrecognized health threat in Peru;Exposition à l'arsenic dans l'eau potable: Une menace méconnue pour la santé au Pérou

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 565-572

  George, Christine Marie ^a   Sima, Laura ^a   Jahuira Arias, M Helena ^b   Mihalic, Jana ^c   Cabrera, Lilia Z ^d   Danz, David ^d   Checkley, William ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; PERU; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIMAC RIVER; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANALYSIS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERU; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905275643     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.128496     Document Type: Article

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