Reconstructing week-long exposures to volatile organic compounds using physiologically based pharmacokinetic models

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-422

  Roy, Amit ^a   Georgopoulos, Panos G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PHARMACOKINETICS;

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0031902693     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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