TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Swimming pool chlorination: a health hazard?
JO  - Toxicology letters
A1  - Aiking, H.
A1  - van Acker, M. B.
A1  - Scholten, R. J.
A1  - Feenstra, J. F.
A1  - Valkenburg, H. A.
SP  - 375
EP  - 380
VL  - 72
IS  - 1-3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0378-4274
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -