Trihalomethanes in swimming pool water in four areas of Spain participating in the INMA project;Trihalometanos en el agua de piscinas en cuatro zonas de España participantes en el proyecto INMA

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 483-486

  Font Ribera, Laia ^a,b,c   Esplugues, Ana ^d,e,f   Ballester, Ferran ^d,e,f   Martínez Argüelles, Begoña ^g   Tardón, Adonina ^d,g   Freire, Carmen ^d,h   Fernández, Marina F ^d,h   Carrasco, Gloria ^a,b,d   Cases, Amparo ^e   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,d   Villanueva, Cristina M ^a,b,d  

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

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica CSISP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products; Exposure; Swimming pool; Trihalomethanes; Water

Indexed keywords

TRIHALOMETHANE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; SPAIN; SWIMMING POOL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; SPAIN; SWIMMING POOLS; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78649635696     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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