Influences on domestic well water testing behavior in a Central Maine area with frequent groundwater arsenic occurrence

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 1274-1281

  Flanagan, Sara V ^a,b   Marvinney, Robert G ^c   Zheng, Yan ^a,b,d  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Maine Geological Survey   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Health behavior; Maine; Private well; Well testing

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; SURVEYS; WELL TESTING;

DESCRIPTIVE NORMS; DOMESTIC WELL WATERS; HEALTH BEHAVIORS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; MAINE; NATURAL GROUNDWATER; OPTIMISTIC BIAS; PRIVATE WELLS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; WELL TESTING; WELL WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MAINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84915767238     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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