Revision and establishment of Japanese drinking water quality guidelines for di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, toluene and vinyl chloride: Differences from the latest WHO guideline drafts

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 535-539

  Hirose, Akihiko ^a   Hasegawa, Ryuichi ^a   Nishikawa, Akiyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Mika ^a   Ema, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Di(2 ethylhexyl) phthalate; Drinking water quality guidelines; Toluene; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; TOLUENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAT; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12444328766     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.29.535     Document Type: Review

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