Simulation of working population exposures to carbon monoxide using EXPOLIS-Milan microenvironment concentration and time-activity data

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-163

  De Bruin, Yuri Bruinen ^a,b,c   Hänninen, Otto ^b   Carrer, Paolo ^a   Maroni, Marco ^a   Kephalopoulos, Stylianos ^c   Di Marco, Greta Scotto ^c   Jantunen, Matti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; EXPOLIS; Exposure assessment; Exposure modeling; Time activity

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; MODEL; SIMULATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1942451872     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500308     Document Type: Article

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