Environmental Health Criteria 216: Environmental Health Criteria 216: Disinfectants and Disinfectant By-products
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Table of contents
Preamble / Acronyms and abbreviations
Chapter 1 –
Summary and Evaluation
Résumé et Évaluation - Summary in French
Resumen y Evaluación - Summary in Spanish
Chapter 2 – Chemistry of disinfectants and disinfectant by-products
Chapter 3 – Toxicology of disinfectants
Chapter 4 – Toxicology of disinfectant by-products
Chapter 5 – Epidemiological studies
Chapter 6 – Risk characterization
Chapter 7 – Risk conclusions and comparisons
Chapter 8 – Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 9 – Research needs
Chapter 10 – Previous evaluations by international bodies
References