Health risk assessment of chlorobenzenes in the air of residential houses using probabilistic techniques

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

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1594-1603

  Djohan, Djohan ^a   Yu, Jimmy ^a   Connell, Des ^a   Christensen, Elizabeth ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; CHLOROBENZENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUEENSLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548442583     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701432384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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