Assessing Exposure to Disinfection By-Products in Women of Reproductive Age Living in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Cobb County, Georgia: Descriptive Results and Methods.
From: Environmental Health Perspectives
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Date: 6/1/2001
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Author: Ashley, David; Bonin, Michael; Forrester, Mathias B.; Henry, Judy; Krapfl, Heidi; Langlois, Peter; Lin, Bruce; Lynberg, Michele; Mendola, Pauline; Miles, Amy; Miles, Eileen; Nuckols, J.R.; Singer, Philip; Small, Leanne; Speight, Vanessa; Tadkod, Altaf; Wilkes, Charles; Zeitz, Perri
We conducted a field study in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Cobb County, Georgia, to evaluate exposure measures for disinfection by-products, with special emphasis on trihalomethanes (THMs). Participants were mothers living in either geographic area who had given birth to healthy infants from June 1998 through May 1999. We assessed exposure by sampling blood and water and obtaining information about water use habits and tap water characteristics. Two 10-mL whole blood samples were ...
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