Predictions of potential human health and ecological risks from power plant discharges of total residual chlorine and chloroform into rivers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2162-2171

  Mills, William B ^a   Lew, Christine S ^a   Loh, John Y ^a  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CHLORINE; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS;

POWER PLANT DISCHARGES; TRIHALOMETHANE CHLOROFORM;

WATER POLLUTION;

CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DRINKING WATER; RIVER WATER;

CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; POLLUTION; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHLORINATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032527845     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es970209l     Document Type: Article

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