Assessing exposure and health consequences of chemicals in drinking water: Current state of knowledge and research needs

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-221

  Villanueva, Cristina M ^a,b,c   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,d   Cordier, Sylvaine ^e   Templeton, Michael R ^f   Vermeulen, Roel ^g   Nuckols, John R ^h   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b   Levallois, Patrick ^i,j,k  

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

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d National Institute of Public Health   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^j INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^k Université Laval   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; MANGANESE; NITRATE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; TRIHALOMETHANE;

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYANOBACTERIUM; EPIGENETICS; EXPOSURE; GENOMICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; METABOLOMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; TOXICITY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84895164879     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206229     Document Type: Review

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