Relationships between levels of volatile organic compounds in air and blood from the general population

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-429

  Lin, Y S ^a   Egeghy, P P ^b   Rappaport, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Blood; NHANES; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45549110435     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500635     Document Type: Article

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