@article{ref1,
title="Swimming pool chlorination: a health hazard?",
journal="Toxicology letters",
year="1994",
author="Aiking, H. and van Acker, M. B. and Scholten, R. J. and Feenstra, J. F. and Valkenburg, H. A.",
volume="72",
number="1-3",
pages="375-380",
abstract="A pilot study addressed potential effects of long-term exposure to chlorination products in swimming pools. The indicator compound chloroform was detectable in blood from competitive swimmers in an indoor pool (mean = 0.89 +/- 0.34 microgram/l; n = 10), but not in outdoor pool swimmers. No hepatotoxic effect was indicated by serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) or gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GT) enzyme levels. beta-2-microglobulin, an indicator of renal damage, was significantly elevated in urine samples of the slightly, but significantly, younger indoor swimmers. The precise ratio between these 2 possible causes, age and chloroform exposure, as well as the mechanism of the former, remain to be elucidated.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0378-4274",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}