Determinants of chlorination by-products in indoor swimming pools

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-85

  Bessonneau, Vincent ^a   Derbez, Mickaël ^b   Clément, Michel ^a   Thomas, Olivier ^a  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Indoor swimming pool; Multivariate analysis; Quantile regression; Trichloramine; Trihalomethane

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; NITROGEN CHLORIDE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; TRIHALOMETHANE; WATER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISINFECTION; FRANCE; HALOGENATION; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHLORIDES; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; FRANCE; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 82155185197     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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