Assessing spatial fluctuations, temporal variability, and measurement error in estimated levels of disinfection by-products in tap water: Implications for exposure assessment

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-72

  Symanski, E ^a   Savitz, D A ^b   Singer, P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; TAP WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHLORINE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0346496070     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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