Customer exposure to methyl tert-butyl ether during gasoline refueling

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 727-732

  Vainiotalo, Sinikka ^a   Peltonen, Yrjö ^a   Pfäfli, Pirkko ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031704875     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10390149     Document Type: Article

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