Cancer risk assessment from trihalomethanes in drinking water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 86-95

  Wang, Gen Shuh ^a   Deng, Ya Chen ^a   Lin, Tsair Fuh ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bromide; Disinfection by products; Exposure; Lifetime cancer risk; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHANE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BROMIDES; CHLORODIBROMOMETHANE; DICHLOROBROMOMETHANE; LIFETIME CANCER RISKS; TRIHALOMETHANES;

ONCOLOGY;

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

BROMIDE; CANCER; CHLOROFORM; DRINKING WATER; HALOCARBON; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN ABSORPTION; TAIWAN; WATER QUALITY;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 36649031025     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.029     Document Type: Article

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