Estimating volatile organic compound concentrations in selected microenvironments using time-activity and personal exposure data

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 465-476

  Sexton, Ken ^a   Mongin, Steven J ^b   Adgate, John L ^b   Pratt, Gregory C ^c   Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^b   Stock, Thomas H ^a   Morandi, Maria T ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WORKROOM AIR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; URBAN POPULATION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 34047109200     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390600870858     Document Type: Article

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