Volatile organic compound exposure of suburban elementary students in Taiwan

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-25

  Peng, C Y ^a   Lin, T S ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SAMPLING; TAIWAN; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STUDENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34249749923     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9004-2     Document Type: Article

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