The impact of water consumption, point-of-use filtration and exposure categorization on exposure misclassification of ingested drinking water contaminants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-73

  Wright, J Michael ^a   Murphy, Patricia A ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^b   Savitz, David A ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products; Exposure misclassification; Haloacetic acids; Trihalomethanes; Water consumption; Water intake

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; DISINFECTANTS; IMPURITIES; POTABLE WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION;

DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS; EXPOSURE MISCLASSIFICATION; HALOACETIC ACIDS; TRIHALOMETHANES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FILTRATION; POLLUTANT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISINFECTION; EXPOSURE; FILTRATION; FLUID INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHLORINE; DATA COLLECTION; DISINFECTION; DRINKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FILTRATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33745899022     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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