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As about 95% of the total amount of THMs is represented by
chloroform, biological monitoring was performed only on this compound. Each value represents the mean level of chloroform in plasma samples collected from swimmers present in each swimming pool. (range: 0.1 - 3.0 µg/l) Chloroform in plasma depends on chloroform in water and in ambient air (r= 0.47 and 0.74, p<0.001 respectively), number of swimmers in the pool (r= 0.32, p<0.001), time spent swimming (r= 0.57, p<0.001). Aggazzotti G., Fantuzzi G., Predieri G., Tartoni P.L. Plasma chloroform concentrations in swimmer using indoor swimming pools. Arch. Environ. Health, (1990) 45: 175-179. |