Quantifying the distribution of inhalation exposure in human populations: Distribution of minute volumes in adults and children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 974-979

  Beals, Jill A J ^a   Funk, Lisa M ^a   Fountain, Robert ^a   Sedman, Richard ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Inhalation; Minute volume; Monte Carlo; Probabilistic; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029844354     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104974     Document Type: Article

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