Assessment of lifetime exposure to trihalomethanes through different routes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate lifetime exposure to trihalomethanes (THM) through ingestion, inhalation, and dermal absorption in a hospital based case-control study of bladder cancer conducted between 1998 and 2001 in five areas of Spain. The study base was comprised of subjects living in the catchment areas of the participating hospitals.

Methods

Individual information on water related habits was obtained from personal interviews of 1219 cases and 1271 controls: residential and occupational history, drinking water source at each residence and job, amount of water consumption, frequency and duration of showering, bathing, and swimming pool attendance. THM levels, water source history, and year when chlorination started in study areas were ascertained through measurements in drinkin

SUBMITTER: Villanueva CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2078091 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature