ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Drinking Water Nitrate and Human Health: An Updated Review.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 260 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
260 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,426 citations in OpenAlex.
- Have genetic targets for faecal pollution diagnostics and source tracking revolutionized water quality analysis yet?FEMS microbiology reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse reproductive and birth outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
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- Current Innovations in Meat Fermentation with a View to Producing More Sustainable, Healthier and Safer Products.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Pulsed Design Enables Ammonia Electrosynthesis From Dilute Nitrate in Real Wastewater.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Exposures to Drinking Water Contaminants in Community Water Systems and Risk of Ovarian Cancer in the California Teachers Study Cohort.Environmental health perspectives · 2026Article
- Groundwater Hydrochemical Evolution and Contaminant Transport Within Lacustrine Estuarine Aquifers: Implications for Potable Water Security and Terminal Lake Ecological Preservation.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026Article
- Compositional Control of Electrodeposited Co-Ni-Cu Thin Films and Their Behavior in Nitrate Reduction.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Spatial assessment of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, groundwater quality, and their association with childhood diarrhoeal risk in India.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Environmental influences on macrophage epigenetics and trained immunity: a review.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Serum NO₃⁻ and NO₂⁻ levels among pregnant women from agricultural communities: associations with self-reported dietary and environmental exposures.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Interfacial Electron Engineering for Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electrocatalysis: Mechanistic Insights and Design Strategies.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Ammonium and nitrate fluxes drive metabolic functional shifts in tap water biofilms.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Drinking Water Quality and Health Risk Assessment in Rural Ghana: Evidence from North-East and North Gonja Districts in the Savannah Region.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Co-occurrence of uranium, fluoride and nitrate in Sahelian groundwater of Agadez (Niger) drives population health risks.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Density of animal feeding operations, including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), and cancer incidence: A county-level ecological study across three U.S. states.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Decoupling Dissolution and Biological Kinetics in Polycaprolactone-Based Denitrification: Direct Determination of Yield and Maximum Specific Growth Rate.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026Article
- Assessing the geospatial distribution and association of microplastics with water quality in the lakes of Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Bottled, tap, and filtered drinking water associated health impacts and carbon footprint: A modelling study in Barcelona, Spain.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
200 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Nitrate levels in our water resources have increased in many areas of the world largely due to applications of inorganic fertilizer and animal manure in agricultural areas. The regulatory limit for nitrate in public drinking water supplies was set to protect against infant methemoglobinemia, but other health effects were not considered. Risk of specific cancers and birth defects may be increased when nitrate is ingested under conditions that increase formation of
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