Identification of drinking water contaminants in the course of a childhood cancer investigation in Toms River, New Jersey

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 200-216

  Richardson, Susan D ^a   Collette, Timothy W ^a   Price, Philip C ^b   Genicola, Floyd A ^c   Jenks, John W ^c   Thruston Jr , Alfred D ^a   Ellington, J Jackson ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical identification; Childhood cancer; Drinking water; Industrial pollutants; New Jersey; Toms River

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NITRILE; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE;

CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032796354     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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