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RECORD NUMBER: 98 OF 331Main Title | Drinking Water Criteria Document for Legionella (Final Draft). | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1985 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/600/X-85/051 ;ECAO-CIN-448; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB86-117843 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Potable water ; Water quality ; Toxicology ; Reviews ; Physical properties ; Reaction kinetics ; Chemical properties ; Industrial medicine ; Exposures ; Water pollution ; Public health ; Laboratory animals ; Risk ; Carcinogens ; Mutagens ; Drinking water ; Water pollution standards ; Environmental health ; Water pollution effects(Humans) ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Legionella ; Legionnaires disease ; Case studies ; Health risk ; Occupational safety and health ; Chemical reaction mechanisms ; Path of pollutants ; Water pollution abatement | |||||||||||
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Collation | 255p | |||||||||||
Abstract | The Office of Drinking Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has prepared a drinking water criteria document on Legionella. The document includes an extensive review of the following topics: general information and properties, occurrence in drinking water, worldwide distribution, analytical methodology, health effects in animals and humans, symptoms and mechanisms of disease production, control of legionellae in the distribution system and in plumbing systems, and risk assessment. |