The drinking water contamination crisis in Flint: Modeling temporal trends of lead level since returning to Detroit water system

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 581-582, Issue , 2017, Pages 66-79

  Goovaerts, Pierre ^a  

^a BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized estimating equations; Joinpoint regression; Lead and copper rule; Lead service lines; Sampling

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HOUSING; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

COMPOSITION OF SERVICES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; HOUSING CHARACTERISTIC; JOINPOINT REGRESSION; LEAD AND COPPER RULES; SERVICE LINE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; LEAD; COPPER;

DRINKING WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LAW; LEAD AND COPPER RULE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POVERTY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER LEAD LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; MICHIGAN; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

DETROIT; FLINT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; MICHIGAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85002335984     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.207     Document Type: Article

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