Use of personal-indoor-outdoor sulfur concentrations to estimate the infiltration factor and outdoor exposure factor for individual homes and persons

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1707-1714

  Wallace, Lance ^a   Williams, Ron ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXPOSURE FACTOR; HYPERTENSION; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INFILTRATION FACTOR;

SULFUR;

SULFUR;

INDOOR AIR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SULFUR;

EID: 15244353910     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049547u     Document Type: Article

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