Causality assessment of the acute health complaints reported in association with oxygenated fuels

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 705-715

  Balter, Nancy J ^a,b  

^a Intl Ctr for Toxicol and Medicine

^b Intl Center for Toxicology Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Causation; MTBE; Oxygenated gasoline; Reformulated gasoline

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHERS; GASOLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; OXYGENATED GASOLINE; REFORMULATED GASOLINE;

HEALTH RISKS;

FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FUEL; GASOLINE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE IRRITATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; GASOLINE; HUMANS; METHYL ETHERS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031409742     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb01277.x     Document Type: Article

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