Risk assessment and management of drinking water pollutants in Korea

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 309-323

  Chung, Yong ^a   Shin, Dongchun ^a   Park, Seongeun ^a   Lim, Yeongwook ^a   Choi, Yoonho ^a   Cho, Seongjoon ^a   Yang, Jeeyeon ^a   Hwang, Mansik ^a   Park, Yeosin ^a   Lee, Hyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Pesticides; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Risk assessment; Risk management; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; MANAGEMENT; METALS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DRINKING WATER POLLUTANTS; KOREA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; BENZENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARCINOGEN; DICHLOROETHANE; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; METAL; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TRIHALOMETHANE; VINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH HAZARD; KOREA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

KOREA(SOUTH);

EID: 0031470078     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00734-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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