Time dependence of blood concentrations during and after exposure to a mixture of volatile organic compounds

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-33

  Ashley, David L ^a   Prah, James D ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; BUTANOL; CYCLOHEXANE; DECANE; HEXANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031055294     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709603796     Document Type: Article

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