Estimating benzene exposure at a solvent parts washer

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 284-291

  Nicas, Mark ^a   Plisko, Marc J ^b   Spencer, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Environmental Profiles Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene exposure estimation; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; SOLVENT;

AIR MONITORING; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM VENTILATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 33645774187     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620600637390     Document Type: Article

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