Multi-route trihalomethane exposure in households using municipal tap water treated with chlorine or ozone-chlorine

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 143-152

  Jo, Wan Kuen ^a   Kwon, Ki Dong ^a   Dong, Jong In ^b   Chung, Yong ^c  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorine disinfection; Inhalation of indoor air; Ozone chlorine disinfection; Showering; Water ingestion

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHANE; OZONE;

CHLOROFORM CONCENTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL TAP WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE (THM); WATER PARAMETERS;

WATER TREATMENT;

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; OXYGEN; OZONE; TAP WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISINFECTION; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; INGESTION; INHALATION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WATER TREATMENT; WINTER;

CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; CITIES; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; OZONE; SEASONS; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER PURIFICATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 14644421508     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.07.026     Document Type: Article

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