Occurrence and risk assessment of selected phthalates in drinking water from waterworks in China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 10690-10698

  Liu, Xiaowei ^a   Shi, Jianghong ^a   Bo, Ting ^a   Li, Huiyuan ^a   Crittenden, John C ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Human health; Nationwide; Probabilistic risk; Regional risk; Survey

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; NATIONAL PLANNING; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL PATTERN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA;

DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HUMANS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84942367500     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4253-9     Document Type: Article

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