Trihalomethane levels in drinking water in the province of Granada [Spain];Valores de trihalometanos en agua de consumo de la provincia de Granada, España

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 520-526

  Freire, Carmen ^a   Soler, Ramón ^a   Fernández, Mariana F ^a   Villanueva, Cristina M ^b,c   Grimalt, Joan O ^c   Olea, Nicolás ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products; Environmental exposure; Trihalomethanes; Water supply

Indexed keywords

TRIHALOMETHANE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SPAIN;

SPAIN; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER;

EID: 59749103465     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-9111(08)75349-4     Document Type: Article

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