Assessing the risk of ballast water treatment to human health

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 513-522

  Banerji, Sangeeta ^a   Werschkun, Barbara ^a   Höfer, Thomas ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical hazard; Disinfection by products; Exposure; Water disinfection

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAILOR; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84858451536     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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