Identifying childhood age groups for exposure assessments and monitoring

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 701-714

  Firestone, Michael ^a   Moya, Jacqueline ^a   Cohen Hubal, Elaine ^a   Zartarian, Valerie ^a   Xue, Jianping ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age groups; Children; Exposure assessment; Life stages; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; LIFE STAGES;

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; IMPURITIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HEALTH MONITORING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447303857     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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