Assessing Exposure and Health Consequences of Chemicals in Drinking Water: Current State of Knowledge and Research Needs
Author(s) -
Cristina M. Villanueva,
Manolis Kogevinas,
Sylvaine Cordier,
Michael R. Templeton,
Roel Vermeulen,
John R. Nuckols,
Mark Nieuwenhuijsen,
Patrick Levallois
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1206229
Subject(s) - environmental health , exposure assessment , waterborne diseases , risk assessment , environmental science , health effect , human health , toxicology , risk analysis (engineering) , medicine , biology , water quality , computer science , ecology , computer security
Safe drinking water is essential for well-being. Although microbiological contamination remains the largest cause of water-related morbidity and mortality globally, chemicals in water supplies may also cause disease, and evidence of the human health consequences is limited or lacking for many of them.
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