Human cancer risk from the inhalation of formaldehyde in different indoor environments in Guiyang City, China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-204

  Li, Tian Tian ^a,b   Liu, Zao Rong ^b   Bai, Yu Hua ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Formaldehyde; Human health risk; Indoor

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN CANCERS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FORMALDEHYDE;

RISK PERCEPTION;

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALGORITHMS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK;

EID: 46649110104     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9409-6     Document Type: Article

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