Exposure and health risk from swimming in outdoor pools contaminated by trichloroethylene

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 717-731

  Blando, James D ^a   Cohn, Perry ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dermal; Pools; Swimming; TCE; Trichloroethylene; Well water

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544234208     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030490484183     Document Type: Article

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