Volatile organic compounds and pulmonary function in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1210-1214

  Elliott, Leslie ^a   Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   Kissling, Grace E ^a   London, Stephanie J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 dichlorobenzene; Air fresheners; Air pollution (indoor); Deodorants; Environmental exposure; Exposure; FEV1; Lung function; Respiratory function tests; VOC

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 BUTANONE; ACETONE; BENZENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DEODORANT AGENT; ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746922774     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9019     Document Type: Article

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