The German Environmental Survey 1990/1992 (GerES II): A representative population study

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-114

  Seifert, Bernd ^a   Becker, Kerstin ^a   Hoffmann, Kurt ^a   Krause, Christian ^a   Schulz, Christine ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; German Environmental Survey (GerES); Human biomonitoring; Representative population study

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0034054038     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500075     Document Type: Article

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