Human respiratory uptake of chloroform and haloketones during showering

• Published in: Journal of exposure analysis and environmental epidemiology Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 6 - 16
• Main Authors: Xu, Xu, Weisel, Clifford P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.01.2005; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Baths; Beta decay; Breath Tests; Chloroform; Chloroform - administration & dosage; Chloroform - chemistry; Chloroform - pharmacokinetics; Contaminants; Disinfection; Drinking water; Electron capture detectors; Epidemiology; Excretion; Exposure; Female; Gas chromatography; Humans; Inhalation; Inhalation Exposure; Ketones - administration & dosage; Ketones - chemistry; Ketones - pharmacokinetics; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Plug flow; research-article; Respiration; Solvents - administration & dosage; Solvents - chemistry; Solvents - pharmacokinetics; Volatilization; Water; Water Pollutants - administration & dosage; Water Pollutants - pharmacokinetics; Water pollution; pharmacokinetics; shower; haloketones; expired air; inhalation exposure; disinfection by-products

Inhalation is an important exposure route for volatile water contaminants, including disinfection by-products (DBPs). A controlled human study was conducted on six subjects to determine the respiratory uptake of haloketones (HKs) and chloroform, a reference compound, during showering. Breath and air...