Quantifying the distribution of inhalation exposure in human populations: 2. Distributions of time spent by adults, adolescents, and children at home, at work, and at school

Risk Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-56

  Funk, Lisa M ^a   Sedman, Richard ^b   Beals, Jill A J ^a   Fountain, Robert ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exposure; Human activity patterns; Inhalation; Monte Carlo; Probabilistic; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY PATTERNS; INHALATION EXPOSURE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INHALATION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RESPIRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 0032006233     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00915.x     Document Type: Article

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