Drinking water disinfection byproducts: Review and approach to toxicity evaluation

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 207-217

  Boorman, Gary A ^a   Dellarco, Vicki ^b   Dunnick, June K ^a   Chapin, Robert E ^a   Hunter, Sid ^c   Hauchman, Fred ^c   Gardner, Hank ^d   Mike, Cox ^b   Sills, Robert C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d US Army Center for Environmental Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate species; Animal studies; Carcinogenesis; Chloroform; Dibromoacetic acid; Dichloroacetic acid; Drinking water; Haloacetic acids; MX; Toxicology; Trichloroacetic acid; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; CHLORINE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROPICRIN; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCT; DRINKING WATER; HALIDE; HALOACID; OZONE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRIHALOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; BLADDER CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; COLON CANCER; DATA BASE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISH; FROG; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RODENT; SAFETY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032955294     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s1207     Document Type: Review

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