Robert A. Howd, Anna M. Fan

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Introduction to drinking water risk assessment -- Summary of the development of federal drinking water regulations and health-based guidelines for chemical contaminants -- Interpretation of toxicologic data for drinking water risk assessment -- Exposure source and multiroute exposure considerations for the risk assessment of drinking water contaminants -- Toxicokinetics for drinking water risk assessment -- Health risk assessment of chemical mixtures in drinking water -- Protection of infants and children, and other sensitive subpopulations -- Risk assessment for essential nutrients -- Risk assessment for arsenic in drinking water -- Risk assessment for chloroform, reconsidered -- Risk assessment of a thyroid hormone disruptor, perchlorate -- Emerging contaminants in drinking water : a California perspective -- U.S. EPA drinking water field office perspectives and needs for risk assessment -- Risk assessment : emerging issues, recent advances, and future challenges.

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Wiley

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