Trihalomethanes in chlorine and bromine disinfected swimming pools: Air-water distributions and human exposure

Environment International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-67

  Lourencetti, Carolina ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Marco, Esther ^a   Fernandez, Pilar ^a   Font Ribera, Laia ^b   Villanueva, Cristina M ^b   Kogevinas, Manolis ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Bromoform; Exhaled air pollutants; In door swimming pools; Trihalomethanes; Volatile organic compounds; Water disinfection

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; BYPRODUCTS; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; LAKES; SWIMMING POOLS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR-WATER; BROMOFORM; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; DERMAL ABSORPTION; HENRY LAW; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER DISINFECTIONS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS;

BROMINE; CHLORINE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADSORPTION; BROMINE; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SWIMMING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSORPTION; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84860589734     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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