Tetrachloroethylene (PCE,perc) levels in residential dry cleaners buildings in diverse communities in New York City

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1336-1343

  McDermott, Michael J ^a   Mazor, Kimberly A ^a   Shost, Stephen J ^a   Narang, Rajinder S ^b   Aldous, Kenneth M ^b   Storm, Jan E ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry cleaners; Environmental justice; PCE; Perc; Race ethinicity; Socioeconomic status; Tetrachloroethylene

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSEHOLD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 27244434432     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7414     Document Type: Article

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