Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposures of children in low-income families

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-98

  Chuang, Jane C ^a   Callahan, Patrick J ^a   Lyu, Christopher W ^a   Wilson, Nancy K ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Children; Dust; Exposure; Food; Low income; Multimedia; PAH; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL POLLUTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032692223     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500003     Document Type: Article

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