Haloacetic acids in swimming pool and spa water in the United States and China

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 820-824

  Wang, Xiaomao ^a   M I, Garcia Leal ^b   Zhang, Xiaolu ^a   Yang, Hongwei ^a   Xie, Yuefeng ^a,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorination; disinfection byproduct; haloacetic acid; swimming pool; trihalomethane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939894415     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-014-0712-7     Document Type: Article

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