Personal exposures to volatile organic compounds among outdoor and indoor workers in two Mexican cities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 376, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 60-71

  Tovalin Ahumada, Horacio ^a   Whitehead, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Indoor air; Outdoor air; VOCs; Workers

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR WORKERS; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS EXPOSURES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

LIMONENE; PENTANE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOLUENE; URBAN POPULATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TRANSPORTATION; VOLATILIZATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 33947102503     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.063     Document Type: Article

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