Taste and odour threshold concentrations of potential potable water contaminants

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 331-340

  Young, W F ^a   Horth, H ^a   Crane, R ^a   Ogden, T ^a   Arnott, M ^b  

^a WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b Reading Scientific Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Inorganic chemicals; Odour descriptors; Odour threshold; Organic chemicals; Pesticides; Taste descriptors; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; ALUMINUM SULFATE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; GEOSMIN; ISOBORNEOL; PESTICIDE; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE ACUITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0000843973     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00173-5     Document Type: Article

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