Risk assessment on disinfection by-products of drinking water of different water sources and disinfection processes

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-225

  Wang, Wuyi ^a   Ye, Bixiong ^a,b   Yang, Linsheng ^a   Li, Yonghua ^a   Wang, Yonghua ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products; Multi pathway; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DISINFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMORS;

DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS; TRIHALOMETHANES (THM);

POTABLE WATER;

ACETIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

CANCER; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CHINA; DISINFECTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845602673     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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