Levels of perfluorinated chemicals in municipal drinking water from catalonia, spain: Public health implications

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 631-638

  Ericson, Ingrid ^a   Domingo, José L ^b   Nadal, Martí ^b   Bigas, Esther ^c   Llebaria, Xavier ^c   Van Bavel, Bert ^a   Lindström, Gunilla ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PERFLUORO COMPOUND;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70350259385     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-009-9375-y     Document Type: Article

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