Ambient air levels and the exposure of children to benzene, toluene, and xylenes in Denmark

Environmental Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-159

  Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a   Lohse, Christian ^b   Thomsen, Birthe L ^a   Skov, Henrik ^c   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Benzene; Diffusive samplers; Personal exposure; VOC

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0031279513     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3792     Document Type: Article

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