Use of the Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) approach for deriving target values for drinking water contaminants

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1666-1678

  Mons, M N ^a   Heringa, M B ^a   van Genderen, J ^a   Puijker, L M ^a   Brand, W ^a   Van Leeuwen, C J ^a   Stoks, P ^b   van der Hoek, J P ^c,d   van der Kooij, D ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Association of Rhine Waterworks   (Netherlands)

^c Waternet   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emerging contaminants; Guideline values; Q21; TTC; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; STEROID HORMONES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTHROPOGENICS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; GENOTOXIC; GUIDELINE VALUES; Q21; TARGET VALUES; THRESHOLD OF TOXICOLOGICAL CONCERN; WATER CONTAMINANTS; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; HORMONE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; STEROID HORMONE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENOTOXICITY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; HORMONE; STEROID; THRESHOLD; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICOLOGY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THRESHOLD OF TOXICOLOGICAL CONCERN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84873523950     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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