Evaluation of the Webler-Brown model for estimating tetrachloroethylene exposure from vinyl-lined asbestos-cement pipes

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Spence, Lisa A ^a   Aschengrau, Ann ^a   Gallagher, Lisa E ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a   Heeren, Timothy C ^a   Ozonoff, David M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CEMENT; DRINKING WATER; RESIN; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; LEACHING; MODEL; PIPELINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; BUILDING MATERIAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASBESTOS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 45549088130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-24     Document Type: Article

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