Toxicokinetics of human exposure to methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) following short-term controlled exposures

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 67-78

  Lee, Chia Wei ^a   Mohr, Sandra N ^b   Weisel, Clifford P ^b  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Controlled exposure; Gasoline exposure; Methyl tertiary butyl ether

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; VAPOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0034991254     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500149     Document Type: Article

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