Exposure estimates to disinfection by-products of chlorinated drinking water

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-110

  Weisel, Clifford P ^a   Kim, Hekap ^b,e   Haltmeier, Patricia ^c   Klotz, Judith B ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c New Jersey Dept Hlth and Sr Serv ^*  (United States)

^d Cancer Epidemiology Services   (United States)

^e Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Chlorinated drinking water; Exhaled breath; Exposure; Haloacetic acids; Ingestion; Shower; Trihalomethane

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; HALOACID; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ARTICLE; BATH; BEVERAGE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHLORINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; INGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032987027     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107103     Document Type: Article

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