Environmental exposure of commuters in Mexico City to volatile organic compounds as assessed by blood concentrations, 1998

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-38

  Lemire, Sharon ^a   Ashley, David ^b   Olaya, Patricia ^b   Romieu, Isabelle ^c   Welch, Susan ^a   Meneses González, Fernando ^b   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c Pan American Health Organization   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Benzene; Blood benzene levels; Commuters; Mexico; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GASOLINE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CAR; CITY; COMMUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAFFIC;

EID: 1842430496     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342004000100005     Document Type: Article

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