Health Impacts of Long-Term Exposure to Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water

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Work Plan

Research, technological development and innovation related activities

To achieve the overall aims and objectives of the project, workplan has been broken down into a number of research areas:

A) Exposure assessment
B) Reproductive epidemiological studies
C) Cancer epidemiological studies
D) Risk/benefit analysis and policy implications

The research areas have been further broken down into 10 work packages.

Exposure assessment (A)Measurement of Disinfectant By-Products (DBPs)
Modelling of DBPs
Reproductive epidemiological studies (B)Epidemiological Studies of Congenital Anomalies and Stillbirth
Epidemiological Studies of Prematurity and Small for Gestational Age (SGA)
Epidemiological Study of Semen Quality
cancer epidemiological studies (C)Epidemiological Study of Bladder Cancer
Epidemiological Studies of Colon Cancer
risk/benefit analysis and policy implications (D)Risk Benefit Analysis
Review of Water and Health Policy
Policy Implications

Work package 11 deals with Project Management.

The exposure assessment research area will inform the research areas of epidemiological studies, risk/benefit analysis and policy implications. The research areas of epidemiological studies will inform the research areas of risk/benefit analysis and policy implications. The relationship between objectives, work packages, and deliverables is summarised below.


Linkages between Work Projects