Effect of treated swimming pool water on the levels of trihalomethanes in swimmer's urine

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-272

  Kozłowska, Katarzyna ^a   Polkowska, Zaneta ^a   Namieśnik, Jacek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood; Isolation; Preconcentration; Swimming pool; TLHS; Trihalomethanes; Urine

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METHANE; PUBLIC UTILITIES; UROLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ISOLATION; PRECONCENTRATION; TLHS; TRIHALOMETHANES; URINE;

SWIMMING POOLS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLOROFORM; URINE;

EID: 33745059346     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240500532985     Document Type: Article

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