Safe drinking water: The toxicologist's approach

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.1, 2000, Pages

  Van Leeuwen, F X R ^a  

^a Bilthoven Division   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Drinking water quality; WHO guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MANGANESE; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISINFECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; LANDFILL; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; DISINFECTANTS; HUMANS; TOXICOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034175760     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(99)00140-4     Document Type: Article

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