Arsenic in private well water part 2 of 3: Who benefits the most from traditional testing promotion?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 562, Issue , 2016, Pages 1010-1018

  Flanagan, Sara V ^a,b,c   Spayd, Steven E ^c   Procopio, Nicholas A ^c   Chillrud, Steven N ^a   Ross, James ^a   Braman, Stuart ^a   Zheng, Yan ^a,b,d  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; New Jersey; Private well; Socioeconomic status; Testing promotion

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; EDUCATION; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BACHELOR'S DEGREE; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; HEALTH CONCERNS; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; NEW JERSEY; PRIVATE WELLS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; TESTING PROGRAMS;

WELL TESTING;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; URANIUM; ZINC; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WELL TESTING; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE WELL WATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NEW JERSEY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84975686950     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.199     Document Type: Article

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