Future challenges to protecting public health from drinking-water contaminants

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 209-224

  Murphy, Eileen A ^a   Post, Gloria B ^d   Buckley, Brian T ^b   Lippincott, Robert L ^e   Robson, Mark G ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

^e Mercer County Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational toxicology; Emerging contaminants; Risk assessment; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84861408073     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124506     Document Type: Review

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