Urinary excretion half life of trichloroacetic acid as a biomarker of exposure to chlorinated drinking water disinfection by-products

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 715-716

  Bader, E L ^a   Hrudey, S E ^a   Froese, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUSTICS; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 3242875115     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.008698     Document Type: Article

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