What's in the pool? a comprehensive identification of disinfection by-products and assessment of mutagenicity of chlorinated and brominated swimming pool water

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1523-1530

  Richardson, Susan D ^a   DeMarini, David M ^b   Kogevinas, Manolis ^c,d,e,f   Fernandez, Pilar ^g   Marco, Esther ^g   Lourencetti, Carolina ^g   Ballesté, Clara ^g   Heederik, Dick ^h   Meliefste, Kees ^h   McKague, A Bruce ⁱ   Marcos, Ricard ^j   Font Ribera, Laia ^c,d   Grimalt, Joan O ^g   Villanueva, Cristina M ^c,d,e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ CanSyn Chem Corp   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Bromination; Bromine; Chlorination; Chlorine; Dbps; Disinfection by products; Mutagenicity; Salmonella; Swimming pools; Water

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZOPHENONE; BROMINE; BROMOACETIC ACID; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLORINE; CHLOROACETALDEHYDE; CHLOROACETAMIDE; CHLOROACETIC ACID; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DIBROMOMETHANE; DICHLORAMINE; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER; HALOKETONE; MONOCHLORAMINE; NITROGEN; NITROMETHANE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRICHLORAMINE; TRICHLOROETHANOL; TRICHLOROPHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRIHALOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENICITY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL; SPAIN; SWEAT; SWIMMING POOL; URINE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLORAMINES; CHLORINE; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA; SPAIN; SWIMMING POOLS; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 77957344207     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1001965     Document Type: Article

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