Arsenic in private well water part 3 of 3: Socioeconomic vulnerability to exposure in Maine and New Jersey

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 562, Issue , 2016, Pages 1019-1030

  Flanagan, Sara V ^a,b,c   Spayd, Steven E ^c   Procopio, Nicholas A ^c   Marvinney, Robert G ^d   Smith, Andrew E ^e   Chillrud, Steven N ^a   Braman, Stuart ^a   Zheng, Yan ^a,b,f  

^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 Maine Geological Survey   (United States)

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

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Disparities; Drinking water; Environmental justice; Private well; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

DISPARITIES; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; PRIVATE WELLS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MAINE; NEW JERSEY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

MAINE; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MAINE; NEW JERSEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84992292397     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.217     Document Type: Article

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