Geostatistical modelling of arsenic in drinking water wells and related toenail arsenic concentrations across Nova Scotia, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 1248-1258

  Dummer, T J B ^a   Yu, Z M ^a   Nauta, L ^a   Murimboh, J D ^b   Parker, L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Body burden; Geology; Geostatistical modelling; Toenails; Well water

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTABLE WATER; SURVEYS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATERS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; GEOSTATISTICAL MODELLING; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; TOENAILS; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GEOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; HEALTH RISK; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WELL;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARSENIC TOENAIL LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; NAIL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NAILS; NOVA SCOTIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84915778444     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.055     Document Type: Article

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