Assessing arsenic exposure in households using bottled water or point-of-use treatment systems to mitigate well water contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 544, Issue , 2016, Pages 701-710

  Smith, Andrew E ^a   Lincoln, Rebecca A ^a   Paulu, Chris ^a,b   Simones, Thomas L ^a   Caldwell, Kathleen L ^c   Jones, Robert L ^c   Backer, Lorraine C ^c  

^a Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bathing; Bottled water; Children; Point of use; Well water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; WATER POLLUTION;

BATHING; BOTTLED WATER; CHILDREN; POINT OF USE; WELL WATER;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; WELL WATER; DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; MAINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MAINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84960375060     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.136     Document Type: Article

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