Health Risks of Drinking Water Chlorination By-products: Report of an Expert Working Group

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 91-102

  Mills, Christina J ^a   Bull, Richard J ^b   Cantor, Kenneth P ^c   Reif, John ^d   Hrudey, Steve E ^e   Huston, Patricia ^f  

^a LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Chloramination; Chlorination; Chlorine; Disinfection by products; Epidemiology; Ozonation; Reproductive health; Toxicology; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0031986592     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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