The assessment of population exposure to chlorination by-products: A study on the influence of the water distribution system

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Legay, Christelle ^a   Rodriguez, Manuel J ^a   Sérodes, Jean Baptiste ^a   Levallois, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATION BY PRODUCT; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; HALOACETIC ACID; TRIHALOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACETIC ACID; CHLORINATION; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; METHANE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SPATIAL SUMMATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SUPPLY; CANADA; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETIC ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77957350636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-59     Document Type: Article

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