Body Burden Measurements and Models to Assess Inhalation Exposure to Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 739-752

  Buckley, Timothy J ^a   Prah, James D ^a   Ashley, David ^b   Zweidinger, Ruth A ^c   Wallace, Lance A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; CURVE FITTING; ETHERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

BLOOD TO BREATH PARTITION COEFFICIENT; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; TOXICOKINETIC ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION;

TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; BREATH ANALYSIS; DRUG ELIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031194650     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.1997.10463934     Document Type: Article

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