Too easily lead? Health effects of gasoline additives

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-273

  Menkes, David B ^a   Fawcett, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Additives; Aromatics; Benzene; Environmental exposure; Gasoline; Government policy; Lead; Manganese; Octane boosters; Oxygenates; Toxicity; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE; LEAD; MANGANESE; OCTANE;

ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROL; DANGEROUS GOODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK;

EID: 0030993726     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3433257     Document Type: Article

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