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Assessing Exposure and Health Consequences of Chemicals in Drinking Water: Current State of Knowledge and Research Needs

2014; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Volume: 122; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1289/ehp.1206229

1552-9924

Cristina M. Villanueva, Manolis Kogevinas, Sylvaine Cordier, Michael R. Templeton, Roel Vermeulen, John R. Nuckols, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Patrick Levallois,

Air Quality and Health Impacts

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.