Evaluation of the health risk associated with exposure to chloroform in indoor swimming pools

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 225-243

  Lévesque, Benoît ^a,b   Ayotte, Pierre ^a,b   Tardif, Robert ^c   Charest Tardif, Ginette ^c   Dewailly, Éric ^a,b   Prud’ Homme, Denis ^b   Gingras, Guy ^d   Allaire, Sylvain ^a   Lavoie, Robert ^e  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Centre de toxicologie du Québec   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHLOROFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 0034722003     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984100050136553     Document Type: Article

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