Airborne tire particles in the environment: A possible asthma risk from latex proteins?

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1505-1518

  Finley, Brent L ^a   Ownby, Dennis R ^b   Hays, Sean M ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne particulates; Asthma; Latex; Tire

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342560442     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030390251001     Document Type: Review

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