Towards health impact assessment of drinking-water privatization - The example of waterborne carcinogens in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 408-414

  Fehr, Rainer ^a   Mekel, Odile ^a   Lacombe, Martin ^a   Wolf, Ulrike ^b  

^a Inst of Pub Hlth (loegd) N R W   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic toxicity; Carcinogens, Environmental; Environmental health; Environmental monitoring methods; Germany; Potable water supply and distribution; Privatization; Risk assessment; Water pollutants, Chemical toxicity; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER;

CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; PRIVATIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DEREGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMANS; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

GERMANY;

EID: 0038159459     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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