Formaldehyde levels in Sweden: Personal exposure, indoor, and outdoor concentrations

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-260

  Gustafson, Pernilla ^a   Barregård, Lars ^a   Lindahl, Roger ^b   Sällsten, Gerd ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffusive sampler; Exposure variability; Formaldehyde; Indoor concentration; Outdoor concentration; Personal exposure

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SWEDEN; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEATHER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 20344403333     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500399     Document Type: Article

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