Health effects of Monochloramines in drinking water

@article{Moore1980HealthEO,
  title={Health effects of Monochloramines in drinking water},
  author={Gary S. Moore and Edward J. Calabrese and Michael K. McGee},
  journal={Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-toxic\/hazardous Substances \& Environmental Engineering},
  year={1980},
  volume={15},
  pages={239-258}
}
Abstract The use of chloranine as a disinfecting process for drinking water is widely practiced in the United States. Although exposure of humans to chloramines in drinking water via renal dialysis produces marked changes in blood parameters including hemolysis, no studies on effects of orally administered chloramines have been published. This study examined the effects of a 30 day exposure of monochloramine in drinking water in doses ranging from 2.5 to 200 ppm on the blood characteristics of… 
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