3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX): Toxicological properties and risk assessment in drinking water

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 103-120

  Hirose, Akihiko ^a   Nishikawa, Akiyoshi ^a   Kinae, Naohide ^b   Hasegawa, Ryuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogen; Disinfectant by product; TDI; Tolerable daily intake; Virtual safety dose; VSD

Indexed keywords

3 CHLORO 4 DICHLOROMETHYL 5 HYDROXY 2(5H) FURANONE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGEN TESTING; FLUID INTAKE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MODEL; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

DNA DAMAGE; FURANS; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0033370310     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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