Public health implications of 1990 air toxics concentrations across the United States

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 245-251

  Woodruff, Tracey J ^a   Axelrad, Daniel A ^a   Caldwell, Jane ^a   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^b   Rosenbaum, Arlane ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ICF Engineering & Construction Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Air toxics; Atmospheric dispersion models; Exposure assessment; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; BENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; HEALTH STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031868109     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106245     Document Type: Article

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