Estimating environmental exposures to sulfur dioxide from multiple industrial sources for a case-control study

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 535-545

  Rogers, J Felix ^a   Killough, George G ^b   Thompson, Shirley J ^c   Addy, Cheryl L ^c   Mckeown, Robert E ^c   Cowen, David J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Hendecagon Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Environmental; Exposure; SO2; Transport modeling

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033402172     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500059     Document Type: Article

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