Home Water Treatment Habits and Effectiveness in a Rural Arizona Community

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1217-1231

  Lothrop, Nathan ^a   Wilkinson, Sarah T ^a   Verhougstraete, Marc ^a   Sugeng, Anastasia ^a   Loh, Miranda M ^a,b   Klimecki, Walter ^a   Beamer, Paloma I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Reverse osmosis; Rural health; Safe Drinking Water Act

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RURAL AREAS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARIZONA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRINKING-WATER QUALITIES; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; MUNICIPAL UTILITY; ODD RATIOS; PRIVATE WELLS; RURAL HEALTH; SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT; WATER NEEDS;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 85001184486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7031217     Document Type: Article

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