Review of acute chemical incidents involving exposure to chlorine associated with swimming pools in England and Wales, June-October 2007 | Zendy

H Lucy Thomas | Zendy; V. Murray | Zendy

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Review of acute chemical incidents involving exposure to chlorine associated with swimming pools in England and Wales, June-October 2007

Author(s) -

H Lucy Thomas,

V. Murray

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdn073

Subject(s) - public health , environmental health , biological dispersal , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , medicine , population , nursing , pathology

Acute chemical incidents involving chlorine have potentially important public health consequences. Swimming pools are the single most common setting for such incidents in the UK. This study systematically describes the distribution, characteristics and public health consequences of all acute chemical incidents associated with swimming pools in England and Wales over a 5-month summer period.

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