Human health risk assessment of chlorinated disinfection by-products in drinking water using a probabilistic approach

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3263-3274

  Hamidin, Nasrul ^a   Yu, Qiming Jimmy ^a   Connell, Des W ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products (DBPs); Drinking water; Health risk assessment; Probabilistic technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; DISINFECTION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; DICHLOROACETIC ACIDS (DCAA); DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC TECHNIQUE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

CHLORINATION; CLASSIFICATION; DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 54049115485     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.02.029     Document Type: Article

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