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Capstone Experience

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Action plan

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Association Of Adverse Birth Outcomes With Maternal Exposure To Nitrate In Private Well Drinking Water: An Action Plan For Prevention, Jessyka R. Johnson Dec 2018

Association Of Adverse Birth Outcomes With Maternal Exposure To Nitrate In Private Well Drinking Water: An Action Plan For Prevention, Jessyka R. Johnson

Capstone Experience

Abstract

Goal: The goal of the capstone project is to collect information required to develop an action plan focusing on minimizing exposure to nitrate in pregnant women, which, if implemented, can either prevent or reduce adverse health outcomes associated with nitrate exposure in utero.

Objective: The capstone project objective is to gain a better understanding of what programs to prevent exposure to nitrate from private well drinking water in pregnant women are already in place throughout the United States; to identify any areas of improvement in these programs; and to utilize this information to create a unique action plan in …