Confirmation of an acute no-observed-adverse-effect and low-observed-adverse-effect level for copper in bottled drinking water in a multi-site international study

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-399

  Araya, Magdalena ^a   Chen, Bingheng ^b   Klevay, Leslie M ^c   Strain, J J ^d   Johnson, LuAnn ^c   Robson, Paula ^d   Shi, Wei ^b   Nielsen, Forrest ^c   Zhu, Huigang ^b   Olivares, Manuel ^a   Pizarro, Fernando ^a   Haber, Lynne T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute exposure; Bottled water; Copper; Dose response; Nausea; NOAEL; Risk assessment; Upper Safe Limit

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; SULFATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOMITING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 10744228481     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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