Alveolar Breath Sampling and Analysis to Assess Exposures to Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) During Motor Vehicle Refueling

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 676-682

  Lindstrom, Andrew B ^a   Pleil, Joachim D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARDS; SAMPLING;

ALVEOLAR BREATH; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHERS; MOTOR VEHICLE REFUELING; POST EXPOSURE BREATH ELIMINATION;

ETHERS;

GASOLINE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030200468     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.1996.10467502     Document Type: Article

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