Ranking cancer risks of organic hazardous air pollutants in the United States

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1160-1168

  Loh, Miranda M ^a,b   Levy, Jonathan I ^b   Spengler, John D ^b   Houseman, E Andres ^b,c   Bennett, Deborah H ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous air pollutants; Personal exposure; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Risk assesment; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; ACETALDEHYDE; BENZENE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIOXIN; FORMALDEHYDE; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INGESTION; INHALATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DANGEROUS GOODS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848894569     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9884     Document Type: Article

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